After a turbulent transfer window, Neymar's season was once again disrupted when he suffered an injury with Brazil in October while playing against Nigeria in an international friendly. After spending almost over a month on the sidelines the superstar returned to action against Lille on Friday and played for close to an hour before Kylian Mbappe took his place on the pitch.
He did look rusty as he missed action for almost six weeks and Thomas Tuchel did not risk him for 90 minutes on Friday. The manager must have had in his mind the trip to Madrid the following week.