PARIS, Oct 9: The home success Paris St Germain have been seeking for a month ended in violence

against Guingamp at the Parc Des Princes on Wednesday, midfielder Jerome Leroy leaving the pitch with his face covered in blood, reports Reuter.

The Parisians beat the Brittany side 4-2 thanks to a double from Brazilian Rai who netted a penalty In the 58th minute and then scored with a fine shot five minutes later.

But at the final whistle, a brawl erupted, with Guingamp players upset after defender Charles-Edouard Coridon suffered a broken leg.

PSG's Leroy appeared to be involved in a fight with defender Jean-Luc vannucchi. He suffered a cut eyebrow and was forced off the pitch by teammates trying to cool him down. This is not soccer," PSG general manager Claude Leroy said. "There is a wide pranoia according to which Paris are the bad boys of the French league. We are not and we proved it with a fine win."

It is something very bad for

soccer. It tarnished our image," said Guingamp striker Lionel Rouxel who scored both his side's goals.

Paris are second in the table on 24 points, two behind leaders Metz who beat Brave le Havre 2-0 thanks to goals from their playmaker Robert Pires and midfielder Jocelyn Blanchard in the 57th and 68th minutes.

We knew that it would be a difficult match because Lc Havre were 17th placed and badly needed points," Pires said. "But we were patient and we won, which was our main goal tonight."

At Rennes. Italian. Fabrizio Ravanelli got off to perfect start with Marseille, scoring his first goal, the second for his side who won 2-0.

It was Ravanelli's first appearance for the former European champions following his signing from Middlesbrough. Ravanelli had been expected to make his debut last week but had to postpone it because of flu.

His penalty clinched Marseille's first away win since they came back to the First Division over a year ago. The

three points took them from seventh to fifth in the table on 20 points — the same as champions Monaco, who beat Bastia 1-0 on Tuesday.

Third-placed Bordeaux crushed Lens 3-0, but Lyon lost again at home, beaten 2-1 by Montpellier.