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00:00Probably return mid-February, they miss Balogun, they miss Sengho.
00:04Elenigena, a groin injury, may be coming back in a couple of weeks.
00:09For Monaco, on the other side, on the right-hand side, Jota, with a muscle injury, no time.
00:15Knocked on by Lamine Camara for van der Sar.
00:19Brazilian international fullback giving it to Biret.
00:22Chance here for Minamino.
00:25Saved by Brice Samba.
00:27Monaco threatening again.
00:29Japanese international teed up by Biret, the new signing.
00:33I feel he should have scored.
00:45A draw away to Ras and then a 4-2 defeat here against Paris Saint-Germain in a cracking game.
00:52Biret, brilliant touch from Minamino.
00:55Another chance for the Japanese international.
00:59Saved by Brice Samba.
01:00And once again, credit to Mika Biret for the role he played in the build-up.
01:03It was a bit of a defensive mix-up.
01:05Wu's clearance coming off his teammate Leo Ostergaard.
01:08Lovely backheel though by Biret to tee up Minamino.
01:13Mauissa playing it to Golovin.
01:18Golovin's ball into the middle.
01:21The head of Biret comes out to van der Sar.
01:24And Agljus with the stunning overhead kick to give Monaco the lead.
01:32Right out of the top draw from Magnus Agljus.
01:41Goalkeeper got a touch but couldn't prevent that from hitting the back of the net.
01:46It came from Golovin's cross initially, not fully cleared by their end defence.
01:50Van der Sar's ball in was speculative really.
01:54And Agljus spinning and meeting that with the overhead kick.
02:01Which Brice Samba probably feel he should have done better with.
02:07But let's not take anything away from the technique of Magnus Agljus.
02:15Wissam Ben Yedder their former captain.
02:19At the end of the last campaign he's not been adequately replaced.
02:23Biret for Golovin! Off the crossbar.
02:28Mourin somehow managing to survive.
02:34Agljus having scored the first goal involved in the build-up.
02:38Biret then teeing up Golovin and hit that with ferocious power.
02:44And Rennes saved by the woodwork.
02:51In crisis they are in wretched form.
02:55They need a lift but Monaco threatening to run away with this game in the early stages.
03:01Kalimuendo looking for Ludovic Blas.
03:07That one out of the bag Kalimuendo clipping the ball into the middle.
03:13Ludovic Blas trying to help it on its way.
03:21Wu with the interception up against Biret.
03:24Picked up by Truffaut.
03:27Truffaut into the box he hits it crisply but straight up rattles off Majewski.
03:32Truffaut again trying to make things happen from a central position.
03:45And the curling shot from Blas not held by Majewski.
03:48And the follow-up has been turned in.
03:51Rennes a level in first half stoppage time.
03:55Mamadou Naguida with the goal and he runs all the way
04:00to celebrate with his coach Jorge Sampaoli.
04:03Would have been two or three nil down in this first half.
04:07Instead they've got themselves back on level terms.
04:13Majewski not convincing with the save from the shot by Ludovic Blas.
04:21Naguida pouncing the young fullback only in the starting lineup today.
04:32Because that means that at halftime Stade Louis do it somehow.
04:39As Prince Albert looks on Monaco can't capitalize on a beautiful postcard goal.
04:48Conceded the equalizer late in the first half.
04:52And clears with the goal and then with the goal.
04:55We're going to talk about it in a few seconds.
04:57We're going to take a short break and we're going to come back with the highlights.
04:59From this the first half of football.
05:17And there's Aclious with the opener for Monaco.
05:20And Mamadou Naguida with the equalizer in first half stoppage time for Rennes.
05:24We have a reputation of a club who sign exciting young talents and polish them.
05:34And Biret one of the latest stars to join the Principality Club.
05:41With the effort there saved by Brice Samba.
05:48It's his ball back to Minamino initially.
05:50And then Aclious with brilliant skill to tee up Biret.
05:56He's in the mood today.
05:57Magnus Aclious.
06:00Biret got the effort on.
06:01They go back.
06:03For Rennes it's all about staying up.
06:05Simple as that.
06:08Just outside the bottom three at the beginning of the day.
06:11Mika Biret.
06:12Biret with the shot which is gone.
06:15Under Brice Samba and in.
06:19Now the red goalkeeper completely caught out.
06:22It's a horrible moment for him.
06:24But it's a very happy moment indeed for Mika Biret.
06:28The young Danish forward.
06:30He's been a real menace all evening here.
06:33Putting himself about.
06:36Creating space.
06:37Creating chances for others.
06:40And now he has his goal.
06:41And Samba I think was expecting a shot towards the far corner.
06:45And was caught out.
06:47Biret's effort not particularly powerful.
06:51Should ordinarily have been a comfortable save.
06:58He doesn't care.
06:59Monaco leads.
07:03It's 2-1.
07:08Look at the pressing from Monaco.
07:10Zakaria has hurt himself in intercepting that ball.
07:14Magnus.
07:16Unselfishly tees up Gullivan.
07:19And it's 3-1.
07:20Gullivan gets his goal.
07:23He hit the woodwork in the first half.
07:25But that one laid on a plate.
07:28By Magnus Agliuc.
07:30Monaco's pressing.
07:32Suffocating Rennes.
07:34And Magnus Agliuc.
07:36Having scored the first goal today.
07:38Gets his assist.
07:39Gullivan scores.
07:51Third goal this season.
07:54For the Russian.
07:56He's come into the starting line-up today to give
07:59Nes Ben Seguir.
08:01Sanpaoli for once is subdued.
08:04There is a problem here for Monaco.
08:05Denis Zakaria.
08:10And he's a little bit unsteady with the touch.
08:13He's given away the free kick.
08:15And that will be the first yellow card of the game.
08:25Of course it looks as if it was hit by van der Sar.
08:28It was his teammate Salihsu who got in the way of it.
08:31To protect his face there.
08:33And then Amine Gouiri.
08:35Chance to curl one in.
08:37And that was a free kick.
08:39That was a great chance to get them right back into this game.
08:44Truffaut with the pass.
08:46Gouiri going for the far corner.
08:48And it wasn't far away.
08:57It's another four points down to the automatic relegation places.
09:01Nav in second bottom.
09:03And then Pellier bottom.
09:09Gouiri. He's got the break in the ball there.
09:11Gouiri this time scores.
09:15Amine Gouiri.
09:17Gives Rennes renewed hope.
09:19It's 3-2.
09:22A player who may be on his way out of Rennes in the January window.
09:27Involved at the start of the move.
09:29Then Fofana lifting the ball over the top.
09:32Gouiri got a little bit of a break with the touch.
09:36Expecting Keira, I think, to clear it.
09:41But he did finish it.
09:46I guess Sampaoli will have been able to
09:49communicate exactly what he wants from Gomez in his native Spanish.
09:52Sampaoli still
09:55trying to learn French.
09:56He never really spoke it in his yellow card a piece now.
10:02Clearly pulled back the Monaco player.
10:03The Rennes defenders.
10:10Amine Kamara.
10:12Wins the free kick.
10:21The cards now.
10:28Pushing the Parisians in the title race.
10:30The reality is that
10:33coming into this weekend, there are 15 points behind.
10:36A chance here to get the fourth goal.
10:39Sampaoli saves.
10:41Second attempt.
10:43One point above Nice in fifth.
10:45Just a couple ahead of Lyon in sixth.
10:49Look back a couple of years.
10:54Good first half to the season then faded away in the last
10:58most important players.
10:59Then you have the likes of Ben Seguir and Macliouche to
11:03produce the magic in attack.
11:04Well, here is Ben Seguir.
11:08He's got great feet, Elias Ben Seguir.
11:09He draws the free kick from Hans Hatterboer.
11:12And the yellow card.
11:14But that's five yellows now
11:16in the second half.
11:20Hatterboer.
11:24There'll be minutes to come.
11:25Should be quite a bit of time.
11:27They're in here though.
11:29Sampaoli makes the save.
11:33A fourth that would have wrapped up the points.
11:36Jordan Tezzi with a great pass.
11:38And Nika Biret.
11:40Unlucky.
11:41That's a good save from Brice Sampaoli that time.
11:51And the yellow card.
11:53Come on, come on, come on.
11:56He's been excellent today.
11:57Not committing too many men forward.
12:00Macliouche.
12:02Ben Seguir.
12:03Elias Ben Seguir to wrap up the points.
12:06Instead he gives it back to Macliouche.
12:08He puts it over the bar.
12:20It's pretty much now or never for red.
12:22Quiri's high hanging ball.
12:24Dangerous.
12:27Headed effort.
12:29Held low down by Majewski.
12:34Leo Ostergaard.
12:36Finding Mayte.
12:38And a teenage forward on as a substitute.
12:42Very nearly rescuing a point for red.
12:46And that will be that.
12:47There is the final whistle.
12:48Monaco have done it.
12:50Monaco hang on.
12:52They get the win.
12:54And they're trying to get back into the top three.
12:56And we'll be looking at the next team that's here in Benchports.
12:59Nil.
13:00Versus Strasbourg.
13:01They're now third.
13:02And depending on what Nil does.
13:04We'll see what happens.
13:05And Rennes.