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Paris Saint-Germain's Neymar declares he's back 'in form' after double against Nice

Paris Saint-Germain striker Neymar declared he feels "good and in form" after scoring two goals in the French champions' 3-0 Ligue 1 win away at Nice on Saturday.

The Brazil international opened the scoring in the first half at Allianz Riviera after being teed up by Moussa Diaby and completed the three-goal haul with an assist from Kylian Mbappe to round off a three-strike week after his penalty against Reims on Wednesday.

"It was an important win," said Neymar post-match. "We won playing good football, everybody chipped in and we head back to Paris with all three points.

"I am very happy with my performance -- I feel good and in form right now and I am very happy to have scored."

PSG manager Thomas Tuchel was very pleased with his players, particularly the convincing nature of the win, as well as the successful use of the loose 3-4-3 formation that he has been trying to implement since his arrival.

"We were really good!" the German tactician said. "We are still winning, and this victory was merited. The first 20 minutes were very intense and a bit difficult but then we took control.

"We had to rotate a bit because I cannot take too many risks with such a small squad. We gave ourselves the chance to utilise Edinson [Cavani] or Marco [Verratti] from the bench, if needed. We are very satisfied."

Speaking with Canal+ after the final whistle, Marquinhos admitted that he and his teammates had taken their time to put Nice to bed, but that Tuchel's instructions were followed to the letter.

"I think that we took our time to kill the game off," said the Brazilian, who occupied a midfield berth instead of his usual defensive role. "We could have done so sooner.

"We worked hard to be ready, though, and the coach gave us specific instructions. We kept our shape and wanted to involve Neymar and Angel [Di Maria] as much as possible -- we did that.

"We feel good on the pitch and we know that we have to be thorough in Ligue 1 to be ready and go as far as possible in the Champions League."

Thilo Kehrer made his second PSG start alongside captain Thiago Silva and Presnel Kimpembe in the defence and stressed the structured nature of the showing.

"We were organised," the Germany international said. "We followed the instructions that the coach gave us and the system that he chose was the right one.

"We know how to play together but we defended well and managed to create lots of opportunities to score as many times as possible."

PSG are at home to Red Star Belgrade in the second of their Champions League Group C matches next Wednesday.