(Reuters) – Runaway leaders Paris St Germain left it late as Kylian Mbappe scored three minutes into stoppage time to beat Stade Rennais 1-0 in Ligue 1 on Friday.
PSG, who host Real Madrid within the Champions League on Tuesday, are actually 16 factors forward of second-placed Olympique de Marseille, who play at struggling Metz on Sunday.
Rennes had been three minutes away from turning into solely the second workforce to take factors off PSG on the Parc des Princes this season however bought caught as they pushed ahead and had been punished by a fast counter assault.
Lionel Messi arrange Mbappe, who opened up his physique to casually convert, having gone closest earlier to securing victory for his facet.
A deflected Mbappe shot hit the publish simply earlier than halftime and he discovered the web halfway by way of the second half however that effort was dominated offside by VAR.
Rennes remained in fifth place within the Ligue 1 standings.
(Writing by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Toby Davis)
