Rennes vs Paris Saint-Germain. Coupe de France Ninth Round.
Stade de la Route-de-Lorient.
Rennes 1
- B Bourigeaud (66th minute pen)
Paris Saint-Germain 6
- K Mbappe (9th minute, 75th minute)
- Neymar (17th minute, 43rd minute)
- Á di María (24th minute, 74th minute)
Rennes 1-6 Paris Saint-Germain: Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Angel Di Maria all score twice
Sunday 7 January 2018 22:49, UK
Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Angel Di Maria all scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain won 6-1 against Ligue 1 rivals Rennes in the French Cup on Sunday.
PSG are bidding to win the trophy for the fourth season running, something no club has ever done before, and they showed Rennes no pity in Brittany.
Leading scorer Edinson Cavani was not involved after returning late from his Christmas and New Year break in Uruguay, so Di Maria came into the attack alongside Mbappe and Neymar.
Mbappe opened the scoring inside nine minutes, finishing after being picked out by Thiago Silva's long ball over the top.
A brilliantly-worked goal saw PSG double their lead, with Adrien Rabiot and Marco Verratti combining to tee up Neymar for the finish.
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Di Maria turned in a Yuri Berchiche cross from the left for the third goal midway through the first half and the pick of the bunch came as Neymar made it 4-0 two minutes from half-time.
PSG started the move in their own penalty box before Neymar broke downfield and eventually applied the finish from Mbappe's pass.
Rennes did pull one back in the second half from a Benjamin Bourigeaud penalty after a Thiago Motta handball, but there was still time for Unai Emery's side to score twice more.
Mbappe set up Di Maria to make it five and the Argentine returned the favour with an assist for Mbappe to complete the rout.
PSG have now won their last 34 consecutive domestic cup ties, a run they can extend further as they go to Amiens in the League Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday.
