PSG star Neymar maintains he ‘never even thought’ his Champions League dream was over despite being minutes away from elimination at the hands of Atalanta.
The Italian side were 1-0 up through a Mario Pasalic goal until the 89th minute, but Marquinhos and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting scored twice in stoppage-time to secure the 2-1 Champions League quarter-final win.
Afterwards Neymar told RMC Sport: ‘I never even thought about elimination.
‘Nothing will stop me thinking that we will reach the Final.
‘It was tough, but we are a great team and a real family. It was impossible to think that we might be eliminated.’
‘I never thought we’d be back home tomorrow. At every moment, we just went for one thing – progress to the last four,’ said the former Barcelona striker.
‘Nobody will ever get it out of my head that I want to go to the final. We’ll have to correct what we can and play another great game. We’re very happy and experiencing great moments.
‘We’re a formidable squad, a family, with the attitude that it’s impossible to knock us out,’ he added.
Neymar missed a great chance early in the game but he continued to probe and question the Atalanta defence.
