Aleksandr Golovin scored the decisive objective in an entertaining contest as Monaco beat Rennes 3-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday, boosting their push for Champions League qualification and deepening the woes of their struggling opponents.
Maghnes Akliouche lit up the event in entrance of a sparse crowd on the Stade Louis II by opening the scoring with a panoramic overhead kick after quarter of an hour.
Golovin hit the bar moments later when he ought to have discovered the online, and as a substitute Mahamadou Nagida equalised for Rennes in first-half stoppage time.
Danish striker Mika Biereth restored Monaco’s lead early within the second half, the previous Arsenal teen getting his first objective since signing from Sturm Graz earlier this month.
Akliouche then arrange Russian worldwide Golovin for Monaco’s third on 56 minutes, though they had been nonetheless compelled to hold on on the finish after Amine Gouiri bought one other objective again for Rennes.
Monaco’s first win in 5 Ligue 1 video games lifts them provisionally as much as third, 4 days after a valuable 1-0 win towards Aston Villa which secured a spot within the knockout section of this season’s Champions League.
In distinction, Rennes stay exterior the underside three solely on objective distinction and have misplaced 5 video games out of 5 between league and cup in 2025 — they’ve been crushed seven occasions in 10 outings since former Argentina coach Jorge Sampaoli was appointed in November with the duty of turning round their fortunes.
“I really feel that I can do one thing for this membership and I’ll do what I can to get us out of this example”, Sampaoli stated when requested if he already felt that his place was beneath menace.
Lille go to Strasbourg later figuring out a win will take them again above Monaco into third place once more.
Leaders Paris Saint-Germain entertain Reims with Georgian winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia in line to make his debut after signing from Napoli final week for a reported 70 million euros ($72m).
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