Rennes 2-0 Paris Saint Germain: Mauricio Pochettino's side suffer first Ligue 1 defeat of season

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Lionel Messi reacts to Rennes' first goal

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

Match ends, Rennes 2, Paris Saint Germain 0.
Second Half ends, Rennes 2, Paris Saint Germain 0.
Hand ball by Lesley Ugochukwu (Rennes).
Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Lorenz Assignon.
Attempt blocked. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Ander Herrera (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Baptiste Santamaría (Rennes).
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.
Attempt missed. Lionel Messi (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ángel Di María.
Offside, Rennes. Kamaldeen Sulemana tries a through ball, but Gaëtan Laborde is caught offside.
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.
Attempt missed. Gaëtan Laborde (Rennes) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Baptiste Santamaría.
Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Lorenz Assignon.
Substitution, Rennes. Lesley Ugochukwu replaces Flavien Tait.
Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain).
Lorenz Assignon (Rennes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
VAR Decision: No Penalty Rennes.
Attempt saved. Hamari Traoré (Rennes) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Serhou Guirassy.
Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Ander Herrera replaces Idrissa Gueye.