PSG clearly won in Nantes on Saturday evening (3-0) during the 9th day of Ligue 1. Rennes, in difficulty for a few weeks, regained victory by reversing Brest (2-1) and remains third in the league. championship.
PSG consolidated its leadership position by going to win (3-0) Saturday in Nantes its seventh consecutive victory in Ligue 1, to regain three points ahead of Rennes who overthrew Brest (2-1).
Thomas Tuchel's team, altered from the eleven victorious (2-0) Basaksehir Wednesday in Istanbul in the Champions League, including Presnel Kimpembe, Marquinhos and Alessandro Florenzi left at rest, has 21 points.
Its first pursuer, Lille, can return to its height in the event of a victory against Lyon on Sunday (9 p.m.).
Ander Herrera, nicely served in the penalty area by a back pass from Kylian Mbappé, opened the scoring for the Parisians after returning from the locker room (47th).
And Mbappé doubled the stake on a penalty which he himself obtained (65th).
With this seventh achievement in six league matches, the Blues star alone takes the lead in the scorers' standings.
Pablo Sarabia, opportunist, took advantage of a blunder by Imran Louza to increase the score (88th) by lobbing Alban Lafont.
Rennes is reassured before Chelsea and PSG
Rennes, for its part, ended its scarcity of victories by winning 2-1 against Brest on Saturday at Roazhon Park, and remains tied for third with Lille (18 pts).
After having chained five games without a win, L1 and Champions League combined, Julien Stéphan's men did not however completely reassure, before their two perilous trips next week on the grounds of Chelsea and then PSG.
It was the two central defenders of Stade Rennes, Damien Da Silva and Nayef Aguerd, who allowed Rennes to take the three points, each time with a header and from a set piece.