Paris Saint-Germain suffered the second defeat of the season with a score of 0-1 first Rennais Stadium on Sunday when their Ligue 1 lead was reduced to three points.
Rennes, who have won a club record ninth in a row at home in the top flight, has prevailed thanks to Hamari Traoregoal in the second half when the away team suffered their second defeat in the opening three matches.
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PSG have 47 points after 19 games while ranked second is RC lens 44th after a 1-0 win over AJ Auxerre on saturday, with Marseille third added two more points after their 3-1 win first Lorient weekend.
Despite the win, Rennes dropped to fifth with 37 points, behind AS Monaco about the goal difference after the duchy team was destroyed AC Ajaccio 7-1 earlier on Sunday with a Wissam Ben Yedder hat-trick.
“Two defeats in the new year, we need to play more fiercely and unitedly. If we can find it again, it will be fine,” said the PSG captain. Marquinhos.
“We have to find it quickly. We have dropped a lot of points. Behind us, Lens and Marseille will not slow down.”
Kylian Mbappeback after returning to training early after the World Cup final, sitting on the bench with Hugo Ekitike start up the front side Lionel Messi and Neymarbut it’s the injured midfielder Marco Verratti which PSG miss the most.
midfielder Warren Zaire-EmeryAt 16, he became the youngest player to start a Ligue 1 match for PSG and is nowhere near the level of the Italian.
Rennes had his first clear chance in the 28th minute when Arnaud Kalimuendo forced Gianluigi Donnarumma to save his powerful shot from inside the box.
Donnaruma refuses Major Lovro to keep his team afloat five minutes later when PSG struggled to intimidate, prompting Christophe Galtier to replace Ekitike with Mbappe in the 10th minute of the second half.
Rennes continued to press and it paid off in the 65th minute when Traore netted with a low shot from the bottom. Adrien Truffertovercome.
PSG Juan Bernat had half a volley tilted over the bar by Steve Mandanda in the 81st minute before the capital team threw everything at Rennes in vain.
