Ligue 1 Update

BEST OF ROUND 19

Rennes punished a lacklustre Paris Saint-Germain, Lens and Marseille closed the gap on the leaders and Monaco hit Ajaccio for seven. Check out the action from Round 19 of Ligue 1 Uber Eats here!

Rennes topple PSG

A second-half goal from Rennes captain Hamari Traore handed Rennes a 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain.

In a tight contest, Traore found himself unmarked and fired in the only goal of the game (65') to hand the hosts the crucial three points in the race for Europe.

Lens edge Auxerre=

Lens kept up the pressure on leaders PSG with a 1-0 win at home to Auxerre.

The only goal of the game came from the penalty spot through Przemysław Frankowski (59') to hand Lens a tenth home league win of the season.

Marseille stage comeback

Marseille came back from a goal down to beat Lorient 3-1 at the Orange Velodrome.

Terem Moffi superbly volleyed the visitors in front (29') to notch his 12th goal of the season.

But Marseille hit back in style through a Sead Kolasinac header (38') before Alexis Sanchez (53') and Jordan Veretout (59') finished off the Breton side to keep Igor Tudor's side hot on the heels of second-placed Lens.

Seventh heaven for Monaco

A hat-trick from Wissam Ben Yedder helped Monaco defeat Ajaccio 7-1 at the Stade Louis II.

Monaco raced into an early two-goal lead through Axel Disasi (2') and Krepin Diatta (6'). Youcef Belaïli pulled on back for the Corsican's (11') before Philippe Clément's side ran riot.

Ben Yedder then completed a stunning 14-minute hat-trick (21', 28 & 35') before two second-half goals from Breel Embolo (63' & 89') added to the visitors' misery.

"We were lacking a lot of things tonight," said PSG coach Christophe Galtier who suffered just his second defeat since taking charge last summer. "We lacked rythym, intensity and verticality. If we start looking for excuses or reasons, we'll obviously find some, but we can't hide behind that. It was also tough against Lens, it was hard against Angers. We need to get back to our game and stay higher on the pitch and have more people going forward. And tonight that was really lacking."