Neymar shines in Paris Saint-Germain's win vs Stade Rennais
Neymar struck both sides of the interval and assisted Kylian Mbappe and Edinson Cavani to score as PSG beat Stade Rennais 4-1.
In Short
- PSGermain thrashed Stade Rennais 4-1
- Neymar scored two and assisted two
- PSG are on top of the table with 47 points
Neymar scored two goals and assisted two more as Paris Saint-Germain picked up a 4-1 away win against Stade Rennais on Saturday.
The win extended their France Ligue 1 lead to nine points after 18 games.
PSG now have 47 points while second-placed Monaco have 38 from equal number of games. Lyon and Marseille are third and fourth respectively with 35 points from 17 games each.
Neymar struck both sides of the interval and assisted Kylian Mbappe and Edinson Cavani to score after Monaco hammered St Etienne 4-0 on Friday at Geoffroy Guichard.
Rennes, who finished with 10 men after Benjamin Andre was sent off in the 63rd minute, replied through Firmin Mubele and stayed sixth on 25 points.
Brazil forward Neymar quickly found the back of the net at Roazhon Park as he tapped in from Mbappe's cross after only four minutes.
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He returned the favour in the 17th minute by setting up Mbappe in the box, the French international doubling the tally from close range.
Eight minutes into the second half, Rennes reduced the arrears when Mubele finished it off after Morgan Amalfitano's strike had struck the post.
But the home side were heavily penalised when Andre picked up a second yellow card.
In the 75th minute, Uruguay striker Cavani collected Neymar's through ball before beating Tomas Koubek to score his 18th league goal in as many games.
Neymar rounded it off one minute later by latching on to Mbappe's cross.
(Courtesy: Reuters)