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Paris Saint-Germain 4 Rennes 0: Champions cruise but Cavani limps off

Edinson Cavani's first-half performance inspired Paris Saint-Germain to a 4-0 win over Rennes, but he injured himself in the process as the champions extended their unbeaten run to five Ligue 1 matches.

The Uruguayan striker had a hand in PSG's first two goals, heading against the crossbar before Rennes' Gelson Fernandes put the ball into his own net and lobbing in the second himself, but he had to be substituted after straining himself in the process of scoring.

Cavani's injury was the only blot on a very impressive performance from Unai Emery's team, and Adrien Rabiot delighted the home crowd with a spectacular third goal in his 100th Ligue 1 game before Marco Verratti volleyed in a fourth.

Aurier hit the crossbar for the second time in five minutes after Di Maria sent over a dangerous cross, but nothing could stop Verratti from finding the net when Hatem Ben Arfa's cross picked him out 11 minutes from time and his volley wrapped up an easy win for PSG.