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Striker Wissam Ben Yedder scored a 14-minute hat trick as Monaco routed Ajaccio 7-1 to move up to fourth place in the French league.

It was temporarily suspended as the referee led players off and started again 15 minutes later. A frantic opening saw the Corsican side pull a goal back through Algeria striker Youcef Belaïli in the 11th. Brittany side Rennes has proved a tough opponent in recent seasons.

Paris St Germain suffered their second defeat of the season in a 1-0 loss to Stade Rennais on Sunday as their Ligue 1 lead was slashed to three points.

"Two defeats in the new year, we need to be more aggressive and solid. Behind us, Lens and Marseille will not slow down." It's a lot of points that we dropped.

Paris Saint-Germain's difficult return to club soccer since the FIFA 2022 World Cup continues after a 1-0 loss away at Stade Rennais in Ligue 1 on Sunday.

This wobbly form has been present since the return to domestic action in truth with a debatable late penalty securing a 2-1 win over struggling RC Strasbourg Alsace before the defeat to Lens. I had little to feed on and I will work harder as I want to score more goals." Marco Verratti's latest injury is worrying as his absence has coincided with a major loss of fluency despite the fact that he was present for the first loss of the campaign in Lens. "I think that we lacked a bit of everything. We had no real focal point so the two stalled once we got the ball and found few attacking options." Perhaps most concerningly of all for PSG is that there is less than a month until UEFA Champions League action returns and Christophe Galtier's men look a shadow of their early season version.

Kylian Mbappe made his return from a post-World Cup holiday but Paris Saint-Germain went down 1-0 away to Rennes in Ligue 1 on Sunday, a result which leaves ...

"We had two training sessions this week in which everyone worked together. Yet Rennes went ahead soon after as their Malian right-back Traore swept in a cutback from Adrien Truffert, and Mbappe -- making his 200th Ligue 1 appearance -- then squandered a chance to equalise when he burst through on goal but blazed over with just the goalkeeper to beat. Mbappe, scorer of a hat-trick for France in the World Cup final as they lost on penalties to Argentina, had played in his club's first two games after the tournament before missing their last two as he took a holiday in New York with teammate Achraf Hakimi.

Kylian Mbappe made his return from a post-World Cup holiday but Paris Saint-Germain went down 1-0 away to Rennes in Ligue 1 on Sunday, a result which leaves ...

Kylian Mbappe was summoned from the bench, but his finishing was wild from his one big chance as Rennes rocked the Ligue 1 leaders.

Coach Christophe Galtier sent on Mbappe and Achraf Hakimi in the 55th minute, as Hugo Ekitike and Nordi Mukiele made way. The Italian also later saved well from Amine Gouiri. Danilo Pereira looked to have squandered a big chance when Mandanda parried his close-range header early in the second half, but the defender, making his 100th PSG appearance, was one of three players offside in the build-up.

Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappé couldn't stop Paris Saint-Germain losing 1-0 at Rennes for a second straight away defeat in the French league as its ...

It was temporarily suspended as the referee led players off and started again 15 minutes later. PSG was expected to line up with Messi, Mbappé and Neymar for the first time since before the World Cup. Rennes stayed in fifth place because it needed to beat PSG by two goals to reclaim fourth on goal difference from Monaco — and to do so without last season’s 21-goal top scorer Martin Terrier. “Rennes was far too comfortable in defense.” But Ben Yedder scored in the 21st and 28th minutes with neat finishes before completing his second treble of the season with a penalty in the 35th. PSG started with Messi and Neymar in attack before bringing on Mbappé — top scorer at the World Cup in Qatar — early in the second half but still managed only one shot on target in the whole game under driving rain.

Kylian Mbappé made his return from a post-World Cup holiday but Paris Saint-Germain went down 1-0 away to Rennes in Ligue 1 on Sunday, a result which leaves ...

"We had two training sessions this week in which everyone worked together. Yet Rennes went ahead soon after as their Malian right-back Traore swept in a cutback from Adrien Truffert, and Mbappé – making his 200th Ligue 1 appearance – then squandered a chance to equalise when he burst through on goal but blazed over with just the goalkeeper to beat. He was expected to start on Sunday but instead began on the bench as the 20-year-old Hugo Ekitike played in front of Messi and Neymar. Mbappé, scorer of a hat-trick for France in the World Cup final as they lost on penalties to Argentina, had played in his club's first two games after the tournament before missing their last two as he took a holiday in New York with teammate Achraf Hakimi. [Rennes](https://www.france24.com/en/tag/rennes/) captain Hamari Traore scored the game's only goal in the 65th minute in the rain in Brittany to condemn [PSG](https://www.france24.com/en/tag/psg/) to a second successive away league loss after they went down 3-1 at second-placed Lens on New Year's Day. [Mbappé](https://www.france24.com/en/tag/kylian-mbappe/), [Lionel Messi](https://www.france24.com/en/tag/lionel-messi/) and [Neymar](https://www.france24.com/en/tag/neymar/) had appeared on the pitch together since PSG's superstar attacking trio returned from the World Cup.

At the start of the season the question was whether the PSG of Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar could go the whole campaign undefeated in the league. They ...

Christophe Galtier wants his Paris Saint-Germain superstars to wake up to their Ligue 1 reality and start putting wins on the board again.

We are upset, but now we have to focus on the next game." We have to learn from this game. "The championship is tight," Galtier said. "We knew we would have a difficult match, and we had it. "Obviously we're going to have to find a lot more play and connection between the lines," he said. We need to find a lot more rhythm, intensity and technical relationship between one another.