Marseille v PSG player ratings: Payet 7, Under 8; Messi 6, Neymar 5

PSG held to goalless draw at Stade Velodrome after Hakimi sees red

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  MARSEILLE RATINGS: Pau Lopez, 7 - A couple of important stops from the on-loan Roma man who sprung off the ground to tip Lionel Messi’s header over the bar before hurling himself at the feet of Kylian Mbappe shortly afterwards. AP Photo

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  Valentin Rongier, 7 - Saw yellow in the first-half for clattering into the back of Nuno Mendes. Good value for his clean sheet and produced a couple of important interceptions to snuff out slipped passes intended for Neymar and Mbappe. AFP

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  William Saliba, 7 - Struggled to cope with the pace and strength of Mbappe at times in the first half, but he was impressive after the break and he halted the latter with a perfectly-timed challenge to rescue what looked like a perilous situation. AP Photo

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  Duje Caleta-Car, 7 - Another solid performer. Abruptly halted Achraf Hakimi’s burst into the Marseille box with a firm but fair sliding challenge. A good old-fashioned last-ditch tackle, and a crucial one too. AFP

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  Luan Peres, 7 - Survived an early scare when he put through his own goal, but VAR came to the rescue, and beyond that it was a really accomplished performance and like his teammates he’ll be delighted with a well-earned clean sheet. AP Photo

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  Matteo Guendouzi, 7 - An industrious display from the on-loan Arsenal man who covered plenty of ground. Occasionally guilty of trying to be a little too coy around his own penalty area, but overall a mature display from the 22-year-old. AP Photo

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  Boubacar Kamara, 6 - A decent display in the middle. Didn't do too much to catch the eye, but sometimes that’s a positive thing and he played his part in making it tricky for PSG to get out of second gear. AFP

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  Pol Lirola, 6 - Picked out Arkadiusz Milik with an inviting low cross from the right to send the home supporters into raptures, but like Neymar at the other end, he was adjudged to have drifted into an offside position. EPA

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  Dimitri Payet, 7 - Showed glimpses of brilliance, the best of which saw him latch onto a lovely back-heeled pass and spray a superb pass out to the right touchline, followed by an intelligent dummy on the edge of the box to create shooting space for a teammate. AFP

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  Cengiz Under, 8 - Lively. Went close to putting the hosts ahead, but he struck his effort wide under pressure from Hakimi when he simply had to hit the target. Shoved to the ground by the same player just after the break as he honed in on goal, with Hakimi given his marching orders. AFP

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  Arkadiusz Milik, 7 - Calm, calculated and clinical as he rifled into the net to trigger a sea of red amongst the home supporters - only for VAR to restore parity - having nodded the opening chance of the game wide of goal. AFP

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  SUB: Konrad De la Fuente (on for Rongier, 71’), NR - Squandered a huge opportunity to grab his first goal for Marseille when the ball dropped kindly for him at the back post, but it seemed to take him by surprise. EPA

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  SUB: Pape Gueye (on for Kamara, 71’), NR - Brought on to dictate in the middle of the park as Marseille really went for it. Strokes the ball about with confidence, but couldn’t force the breakthrough. AP Photo

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  SUB: Gerson Santos da Silva (on for Under, 78’), NR - Introduced as the game headed towards the home straight, but he had little time to make an impact. EPA

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  SUB: Bamba Dieng (on for Millik, 78’), NR - The 21-year-old Senegal international is quickly developing a reputation as a frightening forward, but he had little opportunity to steal the headlines in this one. AFP

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  PSG RATINGS: Keylor Navas, 6 - Beaten emphatically by Milik’s clinical strike as a fiery encounter burst into life at both ends, only for VAR to intervene again. Despite plenty of pressure he didn’t really have a great deal to do beyond that. AP Photo

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  Achraf Hakimi, 4 - His charging run was only halted by a pivotal intervention from Caleta-Car before he did just about enough at the other end to force Under to fire wide on the counter. Saw red for shoving the same man in the back and that almost proved costly. EPA

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  Marquinhos, 7 - He’ll have been relieved to see VAR spare his side’s blushes after he gave Milik too much time and space to crash home as PSG - despite their impressive form - creaked at the back yet again AFP

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  Presnel Kimpembe, 6 - Defiant at the back, but boy did he have to be as Marseille sensed the chance to snatch all three points. His best moment saw him at full stretch to acrobatically hook a dangerous Under cross away to safety as PSG held firm. EPA

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  Nuno Mendes, 5 - Made a meal of an early collision with Rongier and struggled to cope with the unrelenting energy of Under who caused problems throughout, although he hustled and harried well to frustrate Les Phoceens in spells. AFP

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  Marco Verratti, 6 - Expertly picked out Neymar was a frankly disgusting lifted pass over the top as PSG slowly started to up the pressure on the men in white. Withdrawn late in the first-half with an apparent arm injury. EPA

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  Danilo Pereira, 5 - A quiet outing in the middle as the Ligue 1 leaders struggled to impose their authority and move through the gears. EPA

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  Lionel Messi, 6 - Linked up well with Mbappe and forced a couple of routine stops from Pau Lopez, but even the magic of Messi was scarcely seen as the visitors produced a flat display in trying circumstances. AP Photo

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  Neymar, 5 - The Brazil playmaker has the ability to dance past any defender but he hasn’t shown enough of that this season. Thought he’d forced the opener when Perez rifled into his own goal, only for VAR to deem him to have strayed offside. Reuters

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  Angel Di Maria, 6 - Roughed up a little bit by the less than hospitable hosts who were constantly nipping at his heels in the opening 45 minutes. Withdrawn just past the hour-mark, and he looked hugely disappointed as he trudged off. AP Photo

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  Kylian Mbappe, 7 - Caused problems all night long as he looked to utilise his pace, but he dragged his best effort harmlessly across the face of goal. His eyes must have lit up as he burst in on goal late on, only for Saliba to stop him in his tracks with a hugely important challenge. AP Photo

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  SUB: Thilo Kehrer (on for Di Maria, 61’), 6 - Brought on to plug the defensive gap created by Hakimi’s dismissal and made a couple of vital interventions at the back post. AFP

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  SUB: Idrissa Gueye (on for Verratti, 45’), 5 - Replaced the injured Verratti in first-half stoppage-time. Like Pereira, he struggled to impose himself on the contest in an average outing. AFP

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  SUB: Georginio Wijnaldum (on for Neymar, 83’), NR - Replaced a less-than-happy Neymar for the closing stages of the game but had little time to influence the final outcome. Reuters

Lionel Messi was kept quiet as 10-man Paris Saint-Germain settled for a 0-0 draw with bitter rivals Marseille in a heated atmosphere in Ligue 1 on Sunday..

The game was briefly paused twice because of incidents involving OM fans after both teams had goals disallowed in an entertaining first half.

PSG, who had Achraf Hakimi red carded in the 57th minute, have 28 points from 11 games and lead RC Lens by seven points and Nice by nine.

Lens thrashed lowly Metz 4-1 while Nice claimed a thrilling 3-2 comeback win against 10-men Olympique Lyonnais.

Marseille, who will replay their game against Nice on Wednesday after it was abandoned after serious crowd incidents in August, are fourth on 18 points from 10 matches.