PSG pick up first victory as Montpellier go top

Montpellierfound their groove and swatted aside the usually combativeStade Rennes4-0 on the south coast to move top of the Ligue 1 table with their third win out of three. Senegal’s Souleymane Camara scored twice.

Saint-Etiennecould have joined Montpellier as the only sides with maximum points but had to be content to leave stutteringOlympique Marseillewith a 0-0 draw.

“Three points, a win, that was top-level football,” Kombouare, whose job has been linked in the media with Italian Carlo Ancelotti, told reporters.

“We are making progress because we won and that bodes well for the future. It was a difficult victory. But such wins are very interesting.”

Sochauxwon 2-1 atNancyin the other Sunday kick-off despite Mali striker Modibo Maiga again refusing to play as he tries to push through a move to England’s Newcastle United.