An apparently serious injury to Neymar overshadowed Sergio Ramos' successful debut for Paris St. Germain.

The Brazilian bent over with his left foot in the 3: 1 (1: 1) at AS St. Etienne in a foul from behind.

He doubled over on the floor and screamed in pain.

The 29-year-old had to be carried from the pitch in tears and later left the stadium on crutches.

Initially, nothing was known about the severity of the injury.

"Unfortunately, these setbacks are part of the life of an athlete," wrote Neymar on Instagram and promised: "I will come back better and stronger." The great Pele wished a good recovery and wrote: "You will master this challenge."

Paris fell behind due to a goal from Denis Bouanga (25th).

Marquinhos (45th + 2 / 90th) and Angel Di Maria (79th) turned the game, world star Lionel Messi prepared all three goals.

St. Etienne played after a dismissal against the former Gladbach Timothee Kolodziejczak (45th) in the minority.

The 35-year-old Ramos, who moved from Real Madrid to the Ligue 1 leaders in the summer, was in the starting line-up.

The central defender had been out for weeks with a calf injury.

"He's been in the squad for two weeks and now needs games to get used to the new league," said PSG coach Mauricio Pochettino.

Vinicius Junior scores for Real Madrid

Meanwhile, Real Madrid built their lead in the Spanish Primera Division thanks to a 2-1 (1-1) win against pursuers Sevilla FC.

The Brazilian striker Vinicius Junior made a vehement oblique shot after 87 minutes for the decision in favor of Los Blancos, who now lead the table with 33 points ahead of city rivals Atletico (29).

Sevilla slipped from second to fourth (28 points).

In the top game of the 15th matchday of the Spanish elite league, the team of the former German national player Toni Kroos had equalized the guest tour of Rafael Mir Vicente (12th minute) by Karim Benzema after 32 minutes.

It was the eleventh goal of the season for the Frenchman, making him the top scorer in Spain.

Previously, Atletico Madrid had prevailed with a 4-1 away win at FC Cadiz.

The former Hertha professional Matheus Cunha, who came on as a substitute in the 70th minute, made it to the final score in the 90th minute.

Thomas Lemar (56th), Antoine Griezmann (70th) and Angel Correa (76th) had previously met for the Madrilenians.

Front runner SSC Napoli used AC Milan's assist in Italy and extended their lead in the Italian Serie A.

Napoli defeated Lazio only a few hours after the surprising Milan defeat against US Sassuolo Calcio (1: 3) 4: 0 (3: 0) and are now three points ahead of their first rival.

Piotr Zielinski (7th), Dries Mertens (10th, 29th) and Fabian Ruiz (85th) scored the goals in Naples for the hosts.

Milan remain second in the table with 32 points despite their second defeat in a row.

Alessio Romagnoli (21st) put Zlatan Ibrahimovic's team in the lead, but Gianluca Scamacca (24th) quickly equalized.

Simon Kjaer (33.) made an own goal before the break, Domenico Berardi (66.) made everything clear for the guests.

Romagnoli also saw the red card (77th).

Inter Milan (31) pushed their way up to one point on their city rivals with a 2-0 (1-0) win at newly promoted FC Venice on Saturday evening.

The former Bundesliga professional Hakan Calhanoglu (34th) and Lautaro Martinez (90th + 7 / penalty) scored for the defending champion.

Juventus Turin (21) has meanwhile received the next setback.

Four days after the defeat in the Champions League at defending champions FC Chelsea (0: 4), the Italian record champions Atalanta Bergamo lost 0: 1 (0: 1).

After the fifth loss of the season in the 14th game, the old lady is further outside the European Cup places.