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PSG title chances dented with draw at Rennes

Football - Ligue 1 - Stade Rennes v Paris St Germain - Roazhon Park, Rennes, France - May 9, 2021. Paris St Germain's Neymar in action with Stade Rennes' Flavien Tait. [REUTERS/Stephane Mahe]

 Paris St Germain's Ligue 1 title hopes took a major knock on Sunday when the defending champions were held to a 1-1 draw at Stade Rennes, leaving Lille holding a three-point advantage at the top with two games remaining.

Neymar opened the scoring with a penalty on the stroke of halftime but Serhou Guirassy equalised in the 70th minute to leave PSG, who finished with 10 men after Presnel Kimpembe was sent off in the 87th minute, on 76 points.

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