The Ligue 1 champions made several changes to the starting lineup having already secured qualification to the knockout stages as Group C winners, and were beaten 2-1 at the Estadio da Luz.

"We fought hard against a home side Benfica that was playing for its qualification," Rabiot told the PSG website.

"We knew it was going to be very tough. We tried to take the game to them early.

"For us, the young players, we gain a lot of experience from this type of match. To play 90 minutes here is special. The Champions League is a lot more intense that the Ligue 1."

PSG travel to Rennes in their next game on Saturday.

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C	Paris Saint-Germain PSG	31	20	10	1	76	29	47	70
2	Monaco Monaco	31	17	7	7	58	41	17	58
3	Brest	31	16	8	7	49	33	16	56
4	Lille	31	15	10	6	45	27	18	55
5	Nice	31	14	9	8	36	25	11	51
6	Lens	31	13	7	11	40	34	6	46
7	Marseille	31	11	11	9	47	38	9	44
8	Lyon	31	13	5	13	42	51	-9	44
9	Rennes	31	11	9	11	48	41	7	42
10	Toulouse	31	10	10	11	38	40	-2	40
11	Reims	31	11	7	13	38	45	-7	40
12	Montpellier HSC Montpellier	31	9	11	11	39	43	-4	37
13	Strasbourg Strasbourg	31	9	9	13	34	44	-10	36
14	Nantes Nantes	31	9	5	17	29	49	-20	32
15	Le Havre Le Havre	31	6	11	14	30	41	-11	29
16	Metz	31	8	5	18	32	51	-19	29
17	Lorient	31	6	8	17	37	61	-24	26
18	Clermont	31	5	10	16	25	50	-25	25