Dunga praises 'decisive' Neymar

Brazil coach Dunga described Neymar as "decisive" after the Barcelona forward helped the Selecao overturn an early deficit to beat Peru in their Copa America Group C match on Sunday.

Neymar cancelled out Christian Cueva's third-minute opener by heading in a Dani Alves cross two minutes later at the Estadio German Becker in the southern Chilean city of Temuco.

He then set up Douglas Costa's winner with a deft slide-rule pass in the third minute of stoppage time.

"Neymar is a decisive player," Dunga said in his post-match press conference. "He has been playing at Barcelona where the competition is great, but everybody in this team is decisive. This competition is totally different. Neymar, Miranda and Douglas were all decisive."

"It's to be expected that players drop a level after the seasons they've had in Europe. Peru made things very difficult, especially in the first half. In the second half [goalkeeper] Jefferson didn't touch the ball."

Brazil's next match is against Colombia in Santiago on Wednesday.

A day later Peru will face Venezuela, who posted a shock 1-0 victory over Colombia on Sunday.

Peru coach Ricardo Gareca said his team had much to work on ahead of the next match in Valparaiso.

"We have a lot of scope for improvement and we'll do that as we play more matches," the Argentine said.

"Now we have to recuperate not only our physical condition but our mental condition." Endi