On this evening, "Paris Saint-Germain" extended their dominance in the French championship. Under their feet fell "Rennes" club, which eliminated "Marseille" from the cup in the middle of the week.
PSG shone brightly, especially Neymar, who, in basketball terms, scored a double-double.
The world's most expensive footballer opened his goal account in the fourth minute, when he received a successful pass from Kylian Mbappe after a great combination. Before the end of the first half, the Brazilian accurately assisted the youngster himself.
After the break, "Rennes" briefly revived hopes of at least extending the scoreline with a goal from Firminas Ndombe, but in the 64th minute, Benjamin Andre received his second yellow card for a foul on Presnel Kimpembe.
With the opponents reduced to ten men, Neymar once again demonstrated his creative abilities by providing an assist to Edinson Cavani and scoring himself a few minutes later. Mbappe also added two accurate assists to his account last night.
The victorious Parisians maintained a nine-point advantage over "Monaco".
Later in the evening, battles for lower positions in "Ligue 1" took place.
The newcomer "Strasbourg" continued to show excellent form, immediately securing a home victory against "Toulouse". Jonas Martino and Kader Mangane secured the win.
Meanwhile, "Montpellier" suffered an unexpected defeat against "Metz", who is at the bottom of the league table and only managed to secure their eighth point. After Jerome Roussillon's goal, Renaud Cohade quickly responded, and the victory was extended with accurate shots from Emmanuel Riviere and Nicolas Basin.
Victories were also secured by "Dijon", climbing to seventh place, and defeating "Troyes". The match between "Caen" and "Guingamp" ended goalless.
Results:
"Rennes" 1 - 4 "Paris Saint-Germain" [0-1] 4' Neymar [0-2] 17' Kylian Mbappe [1-2] 53' Firmin Mubele Ndombe 64' Benjamin Andre ("Rennes") sent off the field [1-3] 75' Edinson Cavani [1-4] 76' Neymar 89' Presnel Kimpembe ("Paris Saint-Germain") sent off the field 90' Wahbi Khazri ("Rennes") missed a penalty kick
"Caen" 0 - 0 "Guingamp"
"Dijon" 3 - 0 "Lille" [1-0] 12' Wesley Said [2-0] 17' Wesley Said [3-0] 35' Fode Ballo (own goal)
"Montpellier" 1 - 3 "Metz" [1-0] 20' Jerome Roussillon [1-1] 29' Renaud Cohade [1-2] 84' Emmanuel Riviere [1-3] 90' Nicolas Basin
"Strasbourg" 2 - 1 "Toulouse" [1-0] 26' Jonas Martin (from the penalty spot) [1-1] 31' Max-Alain Gradel [2-1] 52' Kader Mangane
"Troyes" 1 - 0 "Amiens" [1-0] 78' Stephane Darbion
