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Paris St-Germain’s 100% start in Ligue 1 was ended by Rennes as Lionel Messi suffered his first defeat since arriving at the club.
The hosts scored two quick goals either side of half-time through Gatetan Laborde and Flavien Tait.
Mauricio Pochettino’s side did not have a single shot on target, despite Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe all starting.
The defeat is PSG’s first in Ligue 1 since April, when they were beaten by last season’s eventual champions Lille.
Rennes opened the scoring on 44 minutes when Laborde converted from Kamaldeen Sulemana’s superb cross.
Tait added a second soon after the restart with a sweeping finish into the bottom corner.
After slicing an effort high over the bar in the first half, Mbappe thought he had pulled a goal back for Pochettino’s side midway through the second half, only for it to be ruled out for offside by the video assistant referee (VAR).
The Frenchman is now on a run of five games without a goal in all competitions.
PSG were spared further damage when referee Ruddy Buquet reversed his decision to award Rennes a penalty for Achraf Hakimi’s foul on Laborde after checking the pitchside monitor.
Neymar missed a volley in the first half and Idrissa Gueye fired wide of the post, but Lionel Messi came closest for PSG when he hit the crossbar from a free-kick.
Bruno Genesio’s Rennes side had only won twice in Ligue 1 heading into Sunday’s game, but were clinical in front of goal and scored from two of their four shots on target.
The result leaves PSG top of Ligue 1 on 24 points, six points clear of Lens, while Rennes move up to seventh.
Line-ups
Rennes
Formation 4-4-2
- 16Gomis
- 27Traoré
- 23Omari
- 6Aguerd
- 25Meling
- 14BourigeaudSubstituted forAssignonat 75′minutes
- 28MartinBooked at 55minsSubstituted forSantamaríaat 76′minutes
- 20TaitSubstituted forUgochukwuat 87′minutes
- 10Sulemana
- 24LabordeBooked at 24mins
- 7TerrierSubstituted forGuirassyat 75′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Salin
- 3Truffert
- 4Badé
- 8Santamaría
- 9Guirassy
- 17Tchaouna
- 18Abline
- 22Assignon
- 26Ugochukwu
PSG
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 50G DonnarummaBooked at 56mins
- 2Hakimi
- 5Marquinhos
- 3KimpembeBooked at 55mins
- 25Tavares Mendes
- 27GueyeSubstituted forHerreraat 76′minutes
- 6VerrattiSubstituted forWijnaldumat 76′minutes
- 11Di María
- 30Messi
- 10NeymarSubstituted forIcardiat 76′minutes
- 7MbappéBooked at 86mins
Substitutes
- 1Navas
- 8Paredes
- 9Icardi
- 12Rafinha
- 15Danilo
- 18Wijnaldum
- 21Herrera
- 22Diallo
- 24Kehrer
Live Text
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Match ends, Rennes 2, Paris Saint Germain 0.
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Second Half ends, Rennes 2, Paris Saint Germain 0.
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Hand ball by Lesley Ugochukwu (Rennes).
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Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Lorenz Assignon.
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Attempt blocked. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Ander Herrera (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Baptiste Santamaría (Rennes).
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Attempt missed. Gaëtan Laborde (Rennes) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Baptiste Santamaría with a cross.
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Attempt missed. Lionel Messi (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ángel Di María.
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Offside, Rennes. Kamaldeen Sulemana tries a through ball, but Gaëtan Laborde is caught offside.
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Attempt missed. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ander Herrera.
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Attempt missed. Gaëtan Laborde (Rennes) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Baptiste Santamaría.
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Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Lorenz Assignon.
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Substitution, Rennes. Lesley Ugochukwu replaces Flavien Tait.
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Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain).
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Lorenz Assignon (Rennes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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VAR Decision: No Penalty Rennes.
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Attempt saved. Hamari Traoré (Rennes) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Serhou Guirassy.
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Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Ander Herrera replaces Idrissa Gueye.