End of the series for Paris: beaten in Rennes 2-0, Lionel Messi and his teammates conceded their first defeat of the season in Ligue 1 on Sunday after eight consecutive victories.

End of the series for Paris: beaten in Rennes 2-0, Lionel Messi and his teammates conceded their first defeat of the season in Ligue 1 on Sunday after eight consecutive victories.

On the occasion of this 9th day, Angers winner in extremis of Metz (3-2), climbed provisionally to fourth place and Monaco signed a third consecutive success by dominating Bordeaux 3-0 to Louis-II.

Olympique de Marseille (5th), orphan of its former president Bernard Tapie, who died on Sunday, goes to Lille at 5:00 p.m.

– PSG mute and manhandled –

A goal just before the break, another just after. Dominators but incapable of the season in Paris in the first period, the Parisians were punished by the sixth but Gaëtan Laborde, best director of the championship. The former Montpellier has beaten Nuno Mendes to take over a center from Kamaldeen Sulemana (1-0, 45th).

Barely out of the locker room, the Parisians cashed a second but by Flavien Tait (2-0, 46th), served by Laborde, again him. Rennes even almost benefited from a penalty at the end of the match (81st), canceled after consulting the VAR.

Five days after his first but in the Parisian jersey against Manchester City in C1, Lionel Messi did not repeat, the fault in particular in the transverse which stopped his free kick in the 31st minute.

With this setback, the Parisian leader sees his lead over Lens reduced to six points.

– Monaco on fire to Louis-II –

The joy of Monegasque midfielder Aurélien Tchouaméni (l), after opening the scoring at home against Bordeaux, during the 9th day of Ligue 1, on October 3, 2021 at the Stade Louis II

Valéry HACHE – AFP

The Monegasques had won only once at the Louis-II stadium this season. Against Bordeaux, Niko Kovac’s men, very lively, have finally regained their efficiency at home and have a third success in a row. Former Bordeaux player Aurélien Tchouaméni, called up again in Blue this week, opened the scoring in the 36th minute. He is also at the origin of the second but where he serves Wissam Ben Yedder, then decisive passer for Aleksandr Golovin (2-0, 48th). Ben Yedder was responsible for transforming a penalty (63rd), his fifth goal of the season, into force.

– Angers on the wire –

The Angevin striker Stéphane Bahoken (that, congratulated by his teammates, after having scored in the additional time the goal of victory, 3-2 against Metz, during the 9th day of Ligue 1, October 3, 2021 at Stade Raymond -Kopa

JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER – AFP

Long hung and weighed down in particular by a blunder on a release from his goalkeeper Paul Bernardoni, Angers snatched the victory 3-2 in added time against Metz (18th), thanks to Stéphane Bahoken. The SCO is provisionally fourth pending the Marseille match in Lille.

In Lorient, Clermont (15th) opened hostilities with the inevitable Mohamed Bayo. But Julien Laporte allowed the Bretons to save a point at Moustoir, which does not prevent them from downgrading to 7th place, ahead of Nantes.

The Canaries return to the Top 10 thanks to their 2-0 success against Troyes (17th). After Andrei Girotto’s opener, Nantes was again carried by Ludovic Blas, scorer on penalty, his fifth goal of the season.

By Julie DEMARCY / Paris (AFP) / © 2021 AFP