The star striker had a bit of an off night, but the French champions had enough quality to secure the win anyway
Paris Saint-Germain recovered from their Champions League humbling in midweek by securing a comfortable 3-1 win against Rennes in Ligue 1 on Sunday. Vitinha, Achraf Hakimi and substitute Randal Kolo Muani were among the goals for the visitors to ensure they returned to winning ways and get within two points of leaders Monaco.
Vitinha, Hakimi and Ousmane Dembele were lively throughout as PSG dominated from the off, but came up against a tricky opponent who caused some problems with their quick movements and runs. The home team managed to capitalise on the capital club's dodgy defence and snatch a goal back through Amine Gouiri, but were eventually overpowered.
The quality available to Luis Enrique saw them get PSG job done despite a quiet night by Kylian Mbappe, who had a slow start to the match. His performance was summed up late on by an incredible miss as he charged forward, rounded the goalkeeper to face an open goal and ended up missing the target completely.
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Gianluigi Donnarumma (7/10):
Dominated his penalty area and pulled off a few saves to keep Rennes out.
Achraf Hakimi (8/10):
His goal had a hint of controversy as the ball hit his arm on the way down, but he made some excellent runs and was dangerous on the ball.
Milan Skriniar (5/10):
A bit slow to close down and just stood there gawking at Blas to cross in for Rennes' goal.
Marquinhos (6/10):
Struggled to catch up when Rennes moved into the final third at speed but was sound on the ball.
Lucas Hernandez (6/10):
His touch is a bit heavy at times and defensively a bit weak – Assignon got beyond him far too easily to have a shot on goal.
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Warren Zaire-Emery (7/10):
A gorgeous diagonal ball into the box to find Hakimi for the second goal.
Manuel Ugarte (6/10):
Always stable on the ball with some good control and accurate, sensible passes.
Vitinha (8/10):
Opened the scoring with a superb curling effort. Did well to drive forward and up the tempo of PSG's attacks.
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Ousmane Dembele (7/10):
PSG's most involved attacker. Has a good balance with Hakimi and cut inside a lot, leading to Vitinha's lovely opener.
Goncalo Ramos (4/10):
A couple of sloppy touches and was unable to get clear to be a proper threat.
Kylian Mbappe (6/10):
A muted performance. Often kept things simple instead of using his explosiveness to be a direct threat. Went on a great, late run and rounded Mandanda to be faced with an open goal, but sent it well over.
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Randal Kolo Muani (7/10):
An immediate improvement on Ramos as he scored just a minute after replacing him. Thought he had a second but denied by the flag.
Fabian Ruiz (6/10):
Did not get a chance to impact the game after settling into the midfield for the last 15 minutes.
Bradley Barcola (5/10):
Had a chance to kill things off when Mbappe sent him through on goal but goalkeeper Mandanda got the better of him in the one-on-one.
Carlos Soler (N/A):
A late replacement for Vitinha.
Luis Enrique (7/10):
His team were on top for the most part, with Hakimi, Vitinha and Dembele looking sharp, but he has some problems to figure out as the defence had some sloppy moments.
