MONACO —
Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) were beaten 3-0 at
Monaco on Sunday after a Wissam Ben Yedder double strike, as Neymar and Kylian
Mbappe were both booked in a feisty Ligue 1 encounter.
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PSG remain 12 points clear of second-placed
Marseille at the top after the fourth league defeat of the season for
Mauricio Pochettino’s men, who have been shaken since being dumped out of the Champions
League by Real Madrid.
Monaco captain Ben Yedder is now Ligue 1’s top
scorer with 17 goals after his 25th-minute tap-in from a rebound, and an
84th-minute penalty.
Ben Yedder also helped in the build-up for German
striker Kevin Volland’s goal for Monaco, making it 2-0 on 68 minutes in what
was the real turning point of the game as PSG began to chase.
Mbappe and
Neymar started for PSG and had a string
of opportunities as the visitors enjoyed the lion’s share of possession, but
Lionel Messi was absent with the flu.
Mbappe said the bitterness of the
Champions League
defeat earlier this month was still felt at the club.
“We could win 8-0 and nobody would care, they’d just
be thinking about the Champions League,” he said.
“We need to remain professional, think of our
families,” said Mbappe, who was full of praise for his old club.
“They are a great team, who were playing in European
competition,” said the 23-year-old.
PSG captain Marquinhos described the defeat as a
wake-up call.
“If we carry on like that the title will be in
danger. We have been warned,” he said.
“We came here to win and have fun, but that was a
catastrophe.”
PSG coach
Pochettino said it was time his players
picked themselves up.
“On a sporting level, that was shameful. We have to
get over the disappointment of being eliminated from the Champions League,” the
Argentine said.
Monaco’s Belgian coach Philippe Clement can also
thank his goalkeeper Alexander Nuebel, who made important saves from Mbappe,
Neymar and Achraf Hakimi.
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