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PSG need stoppage-time penalty to draw with Rennes

February 26, 2024

A penalty seven minutes into added time has earned Paris Saint-Germain a 1-1 draw at home to Rennes in Kylian Mbappe’s first home game since the superstar announced his departure from the capital club at the end of the season.

Coach Luis Enrique told PSG fans to start getting used to life without their 244-goal, all-time record scorer.

“It’s very simple, sooner or later, when it happens we must get used to playing without Kylian,” Enrique said.

“When I want to select him I will (and) when that’s not the case, same thing.”

Goncalo Ramos replaced 21-goal league top scorer Mbappe midway through the second half, and scored the late winner from the spot.

Rennes had taken the lead through Amine Gouiri’s excellent solo goal in the 33rd minute.

The lively forward surged forward from some 30 yards out, skipped past Vitinha, put the ball through Danilo’s legs and then beat goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma with the outside of his foot.

The draw cut runaway leaders PSG’s lead to 11 points over second-placed Brest.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice as Marseille beat struggling Montpellier 4-1 at Stade Velodrome.

The visitors took the lead in the fifth minute through midfielder Mousa Al-Tamari after Marseille defender Samuel Gigot botched a clearance.

But goals from Iliman Ndiaye and Aubameyang put Marseille ahead at the break, before Aubameyang grabbed his second from the penalty spot in the 62nd minute after Ndiaye was fouled.

An own goal late on from Montpellier defender Falaye Sacko completed the scoring.

US forward Folarin Balogun scored early and missed a late penalty before his teammate Takumi Minamino reprieved him with an injury-time goal as Monaco won 3-2 at Lens to move up to third place.

Lens rallied from 2-0 down but conceded in the second minute of stoppage time, when Minamino’s fine shot from the right found the left corner.

Eighth-placed Reims won 2-1 at Le Havre.

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