Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint-Germain came from behind to win 4-1 at Nantes and maintain their unbeaten start to the season on Saturday.
Yacine Bammou, who worked selling Zlatan Ibrahimovic shirts in the PSG shop little more than two years ago, opened the scoring for Nantes in the 11th minute and hit the post moments later.
PSG were a different side after the break and Ibrahimovic leveled three minutes into the second half with his 108th goal for the club. The Sweden international is one goal away from equaling Pauleta’s record as PSG’s top scorer.
Substitute Edinson Cavani headed PSG in front in the 73rd minute and Angel di Maria, who had set up the previous two, got on the score sheet himself with 10 minutes remaining. Serge Aurier scored in stoppage-time.
PSG moved provisionally four points ahead of AS Saint-Etienne, who were due to host OGC Nice yesterday. Stade Rennais were level on points with Stade de Reims in third after they drew 1-1 at home to ESTAC Troyes.
Stade Malherbe Caen also moved onto 15 points with a 2-0 win at home to Gazelec Ajaccio.
Elsewhere, Olympique Lyonnais rested a number of players ahead of their UEFA Champions League match at Valencia and lost 3-1 at Girondins de Bordeaux, who scored all three of their goals in the first half.
SC Bastia snapped a four-match losing streak with a 3-0 win over Toulouse.
PSG coach Laurent Blanc also rested several players ahead of Wednesday’s trip to Shakhtar Donetsk, as Cavani started on the bench along with Thiago Motta, Maxwell and Blaise Matuidi.
Nantes took a surprise lead when Bammou headed in Valentin Rongier’s cross from the right.
Bammou almost doubled his tally four minutes later, but headed Alejandro Bedoya’s cross off the base of the right upright.
Ibrahimovic leveled almost immediately after the restart. Javier Pastore crossed for Angel di Maria and his effort was blocked, but Ibrahimovic followed up from close range.
Cavani came off the bench in the 65th minute and gave PSG the lead five minutes later when he was left unmarked to head home Di Maria’s free-kick.
Di Maria all but sealed the match seven minutes later when he ran onto Pastore’s long-ball, got goal side of the defenders and lifted the ball over onrushing goalkeeper Remy Riou.
Aurier volleyed in Pastore’s corner for his first goal for PSG.
Rennes were looking to move second, but were held to a third successive draw.
Jessy Pi scored his first Ligue 1 goal in the 11th minute. Rennes midfielder Mehdi Zeffane cleared Stephane Darbion’s cross, but only as far as Pi, who volleyed home Troyes’ first away from home this season.
Brayan Perea missed two clear chances for Troyes either side of the goal.
Fallou Diagne leveled in the 71st minute, heading in Paul-Georges Ntep’s free-kick.
Rennes midfielder Yacouba Sylla — who had been booked on the stroke of halftime — was sent off following a second yellow card in stoppage-time.
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