Rio De Janeior, Nov. 29 -- Neymar scored one goal and set up another as Santos eased relegation fears with a 3-0 home win over Sport Recife in Brazil's Serie A.
The hosts opened the scoring in the 25th minute on Friday when Neymar ran onto Guilherme's pass on the counterattack and cut inside before lashing a low drive that beat goalkeeper Gabriel Vasconcelos at his near post.
Sport midfielder Lucas Kal gifted Santos a second goal when he inadvertently pushed the ball into his own net after a scramble inside the six-yard box.
Joao Schmidt put the result beyond doubt with a glancing header after Neymar's delivery from a corner.
"We've been facing a very difficult fight against relegation," Neymar told reporters after the match.
"We didn'...