PSG hunch to shock 2-0 defeat

PARIS Saint-Germain suffered their first defeat of the Ligue 1 season on Sunday, after dropping 2-0 at Rennes, placing an finish to their good begin following eight consecutive wins.

Lionel Messi smacked the crossbar with a free-kick within the first half at Roazhon Park and Gaetan Laborde volleyed Rennes forward simply earlier than the break together with his league-best sixth aim this time period.

Flavien Tait struck lower than 20 seconds after half-time as Rennes doubled their lead with Kylian Mbappe seeing a aim dominated out for offside as PSG misplaced within the league for the primary time since April.

Messi lined up alongside Neymar, Mbappe and Angel Di Maria for simply the second match, making solely his second league begin for PSG after lacking two Ligue 1 video games with a knee harm.

Gianluigi Donnarumma once more bought the nod forward of Keylor Navas in aim, having saved a clear sheet midweek in PSG’s Champions League win over Manchester City.

Looking to maintain tempo with the crew that gained its opening 14 video games below Thomas Tuchel in 2018, PSG created a sequence of possibilities halfway by way of the primary half – all of which went to waste.

Neymar skied horribly after the ball broke kindly to the Brazilian contained in the Rennes space and Mbappe was responsible of one other obvious miss when he scooped over after getting in behind the house defence.

Messi, who bagged a spectacular first aim PSG towards City on Tuesday, practically bought off the mark in Ligue 1 however watched his curling free-kick from 25 yards clatter the bar on the half-hour.