PARIS (AP)– Arnaud Kalimuendo scored versus his boyhood club as leader Paris Saint-Germain was beaten 2-0 by Rennes in its very first house loss in the French league this season on Sunday.
The win ended PSG’s 35- match unbeaten run in the league at the Parc des Princes.
Marseille later on won 2-1 to end Reims’ 19- match unbeaten run and cut PSG’s result in 7 points with 10 matches left.
The 21- year-old Kalimuendo signed up with PSG’s youth system when he was 9 years of ages and signed with Rennes last summertime searching for more playing time far from the armada of PSG stars. Kalimuendo was under agreement with PSG up until 2024 however invested the last 2 seasons on loan at Lens.
Rennes, which had actually currently dominated in the matching component in Brittany 2 months back, maximized PSG’s passivity and depend on goalkeeper Steve Mandanda’s definitive conserves to produce a tidy sheet. Karl Toko Ekambi scored Rennes’ very first objective.
PSG looked sluggish and sluggish, relying fruitless on the abilities of Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi.
Mbappe had 2 likelihoods to break the deadlock in the very first half however the France star was rejected two times.
Mandanda stopped Mbappe’s broke effort in the 26 th minute. The previous France ‘keeper then obstructed Mbappe’s shot from Messi’s deep pass with an exceptional reflex conserve in the 40 th.
Rennes waited patiently and took its opportunity at the stroke of halftime when Benjamin Bourigeaud chose Toko Ekambi behind the defense. The Cameroon forward managed the ball with a fragile touch and beat Gianluigi Donnarumma with an angled shot.
PSG gamers were whistled off the field by some fans, and things became worse when they returned from the locker space.
Kalimuendo made it 2-0 in the 48 th after PSG awkwardly provided the ball away in midfield. He did not commemorate his objective.
PSG pushed harder as it attempted to pull one back however made a lot of technical errors and was susceptible to counterattacks, with Rennes having the very best possibilities after the period.
Mandanda was definitive once again 10 minutes from time to strongly parry away Marco Verratti’s shot that looked bound for the objective.
PSG runs out the Champions League and the French Cup, indicating it has simply the league title delegated concentrate on. Going after a European area, Rennes went up to 5th location in the standings.
MARSEILLE IN THE HUNT
Second-place Marseille’s hard-fought success in the Champagne town marked its 8th immediately win.
Marseille forward Alexis Sanchez scored two times versus Reims, consisting of an exceptional curled totally free kick, after Folarin Balogun put the hosts in the driving seat.
Reims pressed hard for an equalizer in the 2nd half and Marseille goalkeeper Pau Lopez made numerous definitive conserves to keep his group ahead. Marseille was fortunate not to yield once again as the hosts struck the woodwork two times.
BEN YEDDER STRIKES 80 MARK
Wissam Ben Yedder scored his 80 th profession league objective for Monaco in a 2-0 win at 10- male Ajaccio as the Principality side returned to winning methods the leading flight.
It was Ben Yedder’s 17 th league objective this season. The France striker put the hosts ahead in the 26 th minute prior to Krepin Diatta sealed Monaco’s win with 7 minutes left.
Ajaccio was required to have fun with 10 gamers for the majority of the 2nd half after Cyrille Bayala was dispatched for a negligent deal with on Caio Henrique in the 51 st minute.
Fourth-place Monaco had actually gotten just one point from its previous 3 matches.
Ben Yedder ended up being the 3rd gamer in Monaco’s history to rating 80 league objectives for the club after Delio Onnis (157) and Lucien Cossou (97).
He scored from a rebound from close quarters following a complimentary kick from Henrique. Monaco was then in control versus a bad Ajaccio side that was penalized by Diatta on the counter and stayed in the transfer zone.
WAHI’S DOUBLE
Montpellier’s revival under coach Michel Der Zakarian continued as the Mediterranean club originated from behind to beat Clermont 2-1 and relocated to 11 th location.
Montpellier is now unbeaten in 6 matches, consisting of 5 wins, considering that Der Zakarian returned in February.
Montpellier had an opportunity to take the lead in the 13 th minute however Stephy Mavididi struck the post. Saïf-Eddine Khaoui then provided Clermont the lead prior to the up-and-coming Wahi turned things round, initially with a header then an exact shot. Wahi has 12 league objectives, his finest tally over a single season.
GREAT REMAINS UNBEATEN
Seventh-place Good extended its 11- video game unbeaten run however was held to a 1-1 draw by Lorient.
Bamo Meite scored the very first objective of his expert profession to offer the visitors the lead prior to Gaetan Laborde put the groups level.
OTHER OUTCOMES
Strasbourg beat Auxerre 2-0 to end a three-game winless run and Brest drew 2-2 at Troyes.
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