Zlatan Ibrahimovic
and Edinson Cavani again featured on the scoresheet as Ligue 1 leaders Paris St
Germain won 3-1 at Stade Rennes on Saturday to open a provisional five-point
gap.
The Swede netted his 14th league goal of the season when he
covnverted a penalty seven minutes after the break and his Uruguayan attacking
partner sealed the win in added time after Thiago Motta had put PSG ahead with
a superb first-half strike.
The capital club moved up to 43 points from 18 games, with
second-placed Monaco on 38 ahead of their trip to Guingamp later on Saturday.
Lille are third with 36.
With Ibrahimovic and other key PSG players back after
missing the 2-1 Champions League defeat at Benfica on Tuesday, they were
expected to easily beat 13th-placed Rennes.
PSG's scored in the 19th minute with their first effort on
target as Motta netted with a low shot from 20 metres.
The leaders continued to dominate possession and were
rewarded shortly after the interval when Blaise Matuidi was fouled in the box
following a fine team move, allowing Ibrahimovic to make it 2-0 from the
penalty spot.
Romain Alessandrini got the score back to 2-1 with a
long-range free-kick midway through the second half but the hosts failed to
threaten keeper Salvatore Sirigu again and PSG secured the points with Cavani's
12th of the season in added time.
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