Barcelona's Neymar da Silva Santos Junior: Brace in victory

Neymar scored two goals on five shots (two on target) in Saturday's 5-0 victory over Sporting Gijon.

Analysis:

With no Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez taken off after 72 minutes, Neymar sliced up the Sporting Gijon defense in the closing 10 minutes against a 10-man defense. Since returning from the Olympics, Neymar's been nothing short of outstanding, picking up four goals and six assists in five matches across all comps with three of the four goals coming in La Liga play. Barca has a crowded week upcoming ahead of the international break with a trip to Germany to take on Borussia Monchengladbach before heading to Celta Vigo on Sunday.