Despite getting on the scoresheet in Paris Saint-Germain's 3-1 UEFA Champions League win over Maccabi Haifa on Wednesday, Neymar was left fuming with the match official after he received a bizarre booking after scoring.
PSG claimed a comfortable victory over their Israeli opponents, seeing them move to the top of Group H ahead of second-placed Benfica, who are also on six points after two matches but have an inferior goal difference.
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Neymar rounded off the scoring following goals by Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe, netting in the 88th minute after a delightful ball over the top from Marco Verratti.
After the Brazilian had put the ball in the back of the net, though, there was a brief conversation between the referee and one of his assistants, presumably to check if the goal would stand.
However, moments later, match official Daniel Siebert showed the Les Parisiens No. 10 a yellow card for his goal celebration, a gesture the German referee had seemingly deemed as dissent.
After the game, the 30-year-old took to social media to slam Siebert for the bizarre booking.
"Total lack of respect for the athlete," Neymar wrote on Twitter.
"This kind of thing cannot happen.
"I get a yellow card for simply not having done anything and I still get hurt.
"And the judge? He won't even say he made a mistake! A lot of lack of respect."
His manager Christophe Galtier also weighed in on the incident, revealing that the official saw the celebrations as excessive although the French boss thought it was a harsh caution.
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"Yes, but I didn't have an explanation with Ney," Galtier said in a post-match press conference, per PSG Talk.
"I just asked him to stay very calm. He had just scored a beautiful goal, very important for us.
"After talking with the referee at the end of the game, he considered that Ney had celebrated a little too much.
"I think it's a very, very severe card."
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