PARIS -- Striker Edinson Cavani got injured moments after he scored Paris Saint-Germains second goal with a brilliant instinctive lob in a 4-0 win against Rennes on Sunday in the French league.The win moved PSG three points behind leader Nice, which earlier lost 1-0 at Caen for its first league defeat of the season.Monaco is second, level on 26 points with third-placed PSG after 12 rounds.PSGs other goals came from Marco Verrattis volley and fellow midfielder Adrien Rabiots firm strike in the second half, with an own-goal from Rennes midfielder Gelson Fernandes putting PSG ahead in the 31st minute.The defeat could have been worse for an insipid Rennes side mustering just one shot on target. PSG right back Serge Aurier hit the crossbar twice and midfielder Thiago Motta headed against the post.Although the score was comfortable, Rennes gifted PSG the first two goals.The first came when Fernandes put the ball into his own net, after Cavanis powerful glancing header from a corner bounced off the crossbar and landed near Fernandes.Earlier in the first half, Fernandes had done remarkably well to head Thiago Silvas point-blank header off the line.His own goal was followed by a ghastly error from captain Pedro Mendes in the 42nd.Mendes tried to pass out from the back but gave it straight to Cavani, some 25 meters (yards) out. Cavani had very little time to react and showed great awareness as he turned to lob goalkeeper Benoit Costil with a curling shot.Moments after netting his league-leading 11th goal of the season, the Uruguay striker clutched the back of his right thigh and was replaced by Spanish forward Jese.Costil was beaten again, this time from nearly 30 meters out when Rabiots low shot skidded in off his arm in the 67th.Substitute Hatem Ben Arfa set up the fourth, cleverly picking out Verratti near the penalty spot in the 79th.---CAEN 1, NICE OIt seems Mario Balotellis luck ran out.Croatian striker Ivan Santinis penalty put Normandy side Caen ahead near halftime, and Balotelli -- who had six goals in five league games before the match -- hit the post with a first-time shot in the 63rd.Moments earlier, he set up strike partner Alassane Plea, whose curling effort went just over.There werent many chances but sometimes two chances is enough, and we had them, Nice coach Lucien Favre said. Caen was very tight at the back, with five defenders. It was very hard to get past them.Favre refused to blame fatigue, despite his team playing in the Europa League on Thursday night. He said it was more a case of impatience.Its nothing to do with fatigue, he said. You have to stay patient in games, otherwise you forget certain things, you become disorganized and thats not great.Balotelli was booked late on for fouling Ronny Rodelin after the striker skillfully moved past him.---METZ 0, SAINT-ETIENNE 0Saint-Etienne paid the price for having forward Oussama Tannane sent off in the first half.A win would have moved Saint-Etienne up to fifth place on goal difference, but the draw keeps it in ninth.Tannane was ejected in the 36th after picking up two yellow cards in the space of a minute. 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Adelaide coach Don Pyke is too busy looking for potential banana peels to devote any time to dreaming of a top-four spot.Pykes fifth-placed Crows are one of the form teams of the competition and could climb into the top four if they extend their current winning streak to seven against Carlton on Sunday.But Adelaide are one of six teams with 10-4 win-loss records and Pyke knows the Crows could pay a steep price for any slip-ups.I dont look at the ladder in detail but theres a fair bit of swings and merry-go-rounds happening at the moment with sides who, based on one result, can go from second to sixth or seventh, Pyke said.We take nothing for granted - we just focus on getting wins and this week is another chance (for that).I know theres a lot of talk out there about (the top four) but the reality is for us is that weve won 10 games and weve got more games to win before we even consolidate a spot in the finals.Were not looking very far ahead at all.Adelaide have benefited from a ssettled lineup for most of the season thanks to a skinny injury list.ddddddddddddAnd there was more good news on Wednesday with former Greater Western Sydney speedster Curtly Hampton cleared to play his first SANFL game for his new club after overcoming a serious foot injury.Its great to have Curtly back and available this week ... I know that hes really excited about returning to play, Pyke said.Its been a pretty frustrating year for him through a series of little injuries followed by an operation.Hes really had a little mini pre-season to get himself back to play this week. With eight weeks to go in the season its important he gets back, gets some continuity of training and playing and well see what happens for the rest of the year.Its an important period for him, but also a really exciting period as he gets to start to play regular footy hopefully. ' ' '
