Lyon upset by Rennes, lose ground in race for second in Ligue 1

Soccer Football - Ligue 1 - Olympique Lyonnais vs Rennes - Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France - February 11, 2018 Stade Rennes’ Wahbi Khazri in action with Lyon's Tanguy Ndombele REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot

PARIS (Reuters) - Olympique Lyonnais lost ground in the race for second place in Ligue 1 when they were upset 2-0 by Stade Rennais at home on Sunday.

Wahbi Khazri struck after five minutes and James Lea Siliki added another in the dying seconds to give the Brittany side their first win after three straight defeats in all competitions.

The result left Lyon in fourth place on 48 points, five points adrift of second-placed Monaco who thrashed Angers 4-0 away on Saturday.

Soccer Football - Ligue 1 - Olympique Lyonnais vs Rennes - Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France - February 11, 2018 Lyon's Maxwel Cornet in action with Stade Rennes’ Ramy Bensebaini REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot

Olympique de Marseille, held 2-2 at St Etienne on Friday, are third on 52 points, 13 behind runaway leaders Paris St Germain who snatched a 1-0 win at Toulouse on Saturday thanks to Neymar.

Rennes' Khazri made the most of a defensive blunder by Marcelo and beat Anthony Lopes from close range to put the visitors ahead on six minutes.

Lyon dominated possession but Nabil Fekir was being closely monitored by the opposition defence.

Soccer Football - Ligue 1 - Olympique Lyonnais vs Rennes - Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France - February 11, 2018 Stade Rennes’ Wahbi Khazri (hidden) celebrates scoring their first goal with team mates as Lyon fans gesture REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot

The French international forward came close to levelling, however, with 15 minutes from time when his long-range effort shaved the post.

But Rennes doubled their tally three minutes into stoppage time when Lea Siliki was alert to finish after Lopes had parried his first shot back into his path.

Soccer Football - Ligue 1 - Olympique Lyonnais vs Rennes - Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France - February 11, 2018 Stade Rennes’ Diafra Sakho is down after sustaining an injury REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot

(Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Christian Radnedge)

Soccer Football - Ligue 1 - Olympique Lyonnais vs Rennes - Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France - February 11, 2018 Lyon's Nabil Fekir is shown a yellow card by referee Amaury Delerue REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot

Soccer Football - Ligue 1 - Olympique Lyonnais vs Rennes - Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France - February 11, 2018 Referee Amaury Delerue speaks with Lyon's Nabil Fekir after booking him REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot

Soccer Football - Ligue 1 - Olympique Lyonnais vs Rennes - Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France - February 11, 2018 Stade Rennes’ James Lea Siliki in action with Lyon's Kenny Tete REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot