<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/neymar" target="_blank">Neymar</a> faces a race to be fit in time for the second leg of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/paris-saint-germain" target="_blank">Paris Saint-Germain's</a> <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/champions-league" target="_blank">Champions League</a> last-16 tie against Bayern Munich after being stretchered off with an ankle injury in his side's Ligue 1 win over Lille on Sunday.</p>.<p>The Brazilian was in tears as he came off on a stretcher early in the second half of PSG's dramatic 4-3 victory at the Parc des Princes after turning his right ankle.</p>.<p>Coach Christophe Galtier said after the game that Neymar had suffered a sprain, with the club later confirming that tests had shown no fracture.</p>.<p>"Neymar underwent an MRI scan today after suffering a sprained ankle against Lille," said a club statement.</p>.<p>"This showed there was no fracture. A new assessment on the damage to the ligaments will be carried out in the next 48 hours."</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/football/neymar-cleared-of-corruption-over-barcelona-transfer-1171556.html" target="_blank">Neymar cleared of corruption over Barcelona transfer</a></strong></p>.<p>Neymar had earlier scored his team's second goal in a remarkable game, with PSG leading 2-0 before finding themselves 3-2 down in the second half.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/kylian-mbappe" target="_top">Kylian Mbappe</a>, who had scored the opener, equalised with three minutes to go before <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/lionel-messi" target="_blank">Lionel Messi</a> netted a 95th-minute winner from a free-kick as the Ligue 1 leaders ended a run of three straight defeats.</p>.<p>PSG must now hope that the 31-year-old Neymar does not face a lengthy spell on the sidelines, with a crunch Ligue 1 game away at Marseille next weekend and then the second leg against Bayern on March 8.</p>.<p>The French champions will head to Germany looking to overturn a 1-0 deficit from the first leg, when Mbappe was restricted to a second-half cameo as a substitute on his return from a thigh injury.</p>.<p>PSG will be looking to avoid going out of the Champions League in the last 16 for what would be the fifth time in seven seasons.</p>.<p>But Neymar's fitness has regularly been a cause for concern for PSG ahead of big European games ever since the world's most expensive player arrived from Barcelona in 2017.</p>.<p>In his first season at PSG, a fractured metatarsal ruled him out of the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against Real Madrid, which they lost.</p>.<p>He didn't play again for his club that season and faced a race against time to be fit to play for Brazil at that year's World Cup in Russia.</p>.<p>The following year another metatarsal injury saw him miss the last-16 tie against Manchester United as the Qatar-owned club again went out in the first knockout round.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/football/messi-mbappe-and-benzema-battle-for-fifa-best-player-award-1190111.html" target="_blank">Messi, Mbappe and Benzema battle for FIFA Best Player award</a></strong></p>.<p>"This is not bad luck," said Galtier on Sunday when asked about the reasons behind the injury.</p>.<p>"There are always reasons. The busy fixture calendar doesn't help. This complicates things but we will just need to get on with it, and doing so with a victory is more enjoyable."</p>.<p>Neymar injured the same ankle playing for Brazil at the recent World Cup in Qatar.</p>.<p>He came off with a sprain in his country's 2-0 win over Serbia in their opening game and didn't play again in the group stage.</p>.<p>The ex-Barcelona man returned in the knockout rounds but Brazil lost to Croatia on penalties in the quarter-finals, despite Neymar putting them ahead in extra time in that game.</p>.<p>He returned to action with his club straight after the World Cup but has since been rested in several games in an attempt to put that injury firmly behind him.</p>.<p>"I hope 'Ney' is going to come back quickly because he is an important player for us," Mbappe told broadcaster Amazon Prime.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/neymar" target="_blank">Neymar</a> faces a race to be fit in time for the second leg of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/paris-saint-germain" target="_blank">Paris Saint-Germain's</a> <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/champions-league" target="_blank">Champions League</a> last-16 tie against Bayern Munich after being stretchered off with an ankle injury in his side's Ligue 1 win over Lille on Sunday.</p>.<p>The Brazilian was in tears as he came off on a stretcher early in the second half of PSG's dramatic 4-3 victory at the Parc des Princes after turning his right ankle.</p>.<p>Coach Christophe Galtier said after the game that Neymar had suffered a sprain, with the club later confirming that tests had shown no fracture.</p>.<p>"Neymar underwent an MRI scan today after suffering a sprained ankle against Lille," said a club statement.</p>.<p>"This showed there was no fracture. A new assessment on the damage to the ligaments will be carried out in the next 48 hours."</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/football/neymar-cleared-of-corruption-over-barcelona-transfer-1171556.html" target="_blank">Neymar cleared of corruption over Barcelona transfer</a></strong></p>.<p>Neymar had earlier scored his team's second goal in a remarkable game, with PSG leading 2-0 before finding themselves 3-2 down in the second half.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/kylian-mbappe" target="_top">Kylian Mbappe</a>, who had scored the opener, equalised with three minutes to go before <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/lionel-messi" target="_blank">Lionel Messi</a> netted a 95th-minute winner from a free-kick as the Ligue 1 leaders ended a run of three straight defeats.</p>.<p>PSG must now hope that the 31-year-old Neymar does not face a lengthy spell on the sidelines, with a crunch Ligue 1 game away at Marseille next weekend and then the second leg against Bayern on March 8.</p>.<p>The French champions will head to Germany looking to overturn a 1-0 deficit from the first leg, when Mbappe was restricted to a second-half cameo as a substitute on his return from a thigh injury.</p>.<p>PSG will be looking to avoid going out of the Champions League in the last 16 for what would be the fifth time in seven seasons.</p>.<p>But Neymar's fitness has regularly been a cause for concern for PSG ahead of big European games ever since the world's most expensive player arrived from Barcelona in 2017.</p>.<p>In his first season at PSG, a fractured metatarsal ruled him out of the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against Real Madrid, which they lost.</p>.<p>He didn't play again for his club that season and faced a race against time to be fit to play for Brazil at that year's World Cup in Russia.</p>.<p>The following year another metatarsal injury saw him miss the last-16 tie against Manchester United as the Qatar-owned club again went out in the first knockout round.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/football/messi-mbappe-and-benzema-battle-for-fifa-best-player-award-1190111.html" target="_blank">Messi, Mbappe and Benzema battle for FIFA Best Player award</a></strong></p>.<p>"This is not bad luck," said Galtier on Sunday when asked about the reasons behind the injury.</p>.<p>"There are always reasons. The busy fixture calendar doesn't help. This complicates things but we will just need to get on with it, and doing so with a victory is more enjoyable."</p>.<p>Neymar injured the same ankle playing for Brazil at the recent World Cup in Qatar.</p>.<p>He came off with a sprain in his country's 2-0 win over Serbia in their opening game and didn't play again in the group stage.</p>.<p>The ex-Barcelona man returned in the knockout rounds but Brazil lost to Croatia on penalties in the quarter-finals, despite Neymar putting them ahead in extra time in that game.</p>.<p>He returned to action with his club straight after the World Cup but has since been rested in several games in an attempt to put that injury firmly behind him.</p>.<p>"I hope 'Ney' is going to come back quickly because he is an important player for us," Mbappe told broadcaster Amazon Prime.</p>