Ligue 1 McDonald’s, Matchday 16, 18/12/24
Paris Saint-Germain landed an enormous blow within the combat for the Ligue 1 title, beating AS Monaco (2-4) to proceed their unbeaten run within the league and prolong their leap on the high to 10 factors.
The Match
Monaco weren’t on the races within the first half as PSG continued the advantageous kind that they confirmed in opposition to one other European challenger, Olympique Lyonnais, on the weekend. Achraf Hakimi hit the put up with a miscued cross earlier than Bradley Barcola then pressured Philipp Köhn right into a save at his close to put up. Vanderson was pressured to clip the ball off the road from João Neves’ flicked header after which got here the contentious second.
Breel Embolo put in Wilfried Singo. Honing in on purpose, his heavy contact allowed Gianluigi Donnarumma to advance and shut the angle. Singo bought a shot away however a weak one and his follow-through caught the PSG goalkeeper flush within the face. Bloodied and bruised, Donnarumma went off, however Singo, already on a yellow, stayed on.
Les Parisiens took the lead minutes later by Désiré Doué, who completed Achraf Hakimi’s ball into the field first time for his first Ligue 1 purpose for his new membership. Köhn, in for the injured Radoslaw Majecki, was saved busy in purpose and made a string of saves earlier than the break, together with a split-second one from a deflection off his personal defender, Mohammed Salisu.
Monaco, in the end, had been fortunate to go in only one purpose behind. They made probably the most of their lifelines. Monaco restored parity from the penalty spot, the place Eliesse Ben Seghir tucked dwelling after a bobbling ball contained in the field hit Marquinhos’ hand. Seven miniutes later and Les Monégasques had turned the sport on its head with Breel Embolo clipping dwelling Maghnes Akliouche’s cross to the entrance put up.
However the lead didn’t final. Simply 4 minutes later, PSG levelled the tie as soon as once more. Fabián Ruiz’s shot was properly parried by Köhn however again into hazard. Ousmane Dembelé was the primary to react as he poked dwelling. PSG then took a late lead as two substitues mixed – Lee Kang-in discovering the top of Gonçalo Ramos from a nook.
Takumi Minamino had the possibility to degree the scores however after some good work from Akliouche, he didn’t tuck dwelling. His shot was weak with the go from the Frenchman barely behind him. Lee nearly gave PSG a fourth late on however his curled effort was tipped onto the put up by Köhn. They did get their fourth by Dembélé, who held off Singo earlier than chipping Köhn.
PSG proceed their advantageous away kind and proceed their unbeaten begin to the Ligue 1 season however of their 12 wins, this was their most essential. “The query of the title can be troublesome [if we lost],” stated Akliouche pre-match. With the hole between PSG and Monaco now at 10 factors, it’s actually a mountain to climb.
Monaco participant scores
Philipp Köhn – 7
He did his greatest to maintain Monaco on this tie. His distribution was questionable throuhout however his shotstopping was not. He made an enormous save from Barcola early on, and even his save from Lee within the dying levels gave Les Monégasques hope of salvaging some sort of end result.
Vanderson – 5
Mohammed Salisu – 4
Thilo Kehrer – 4
Wilfried Singo – 6
Lamine Camara – 3
A troublesome match for the Senegalese midfielder, topped CAF’s Younger Participant of the Yr as soon as once more earlier this week. The sport handed him by along with his positioning in query many instances while he lacked effectivity and readability of thought on the ball.
Soungoutou Magassa – 4
Aleksandr Golovin – 5
Eliesse Ben Seghir – 6
Maghnes Akliouche – 7
In entrance of Didier Deschamps, Akliouche impressed within the second half after a quiet first 45 minutes. It was his incisive run that earned Monaco’s penalty and his inch-perfect ball that discovered Embolo for his or her second. He punctuated the match with moments of magic that can have actually caught the attention of the France supervisor.
Breel Embolo – 6
PSG participant scores
Gianluigi Donnarumma – N/A
Changed by Matvei Safonov (4) after a collision with Singo on the 21-minute mark.
Warren Zaïre-Emery – 5
Marquinhos – 4
Willian Pacho – 6
Achraf Hakimi – 7
Fabián Ruiz – 6
Vitinha – 5
João Neves – 6
Désiré Doué – 7
Doué is now making his mark at his new membership after a troublesome begin. His vary of passing was beautiful and when there was area to take advantage of, he exploited it. He bought his first purpose for PSG in Ligue 1 and took it expertly, first time.
Ousmane Dembélé – 8
There have been experiences of a thawing of tensions between Dembélé and Luis Enrique pre-match and it confirmed on the pitch. Dembélé was diligent in his defensive work, and confirmed predatory strikers instincts, that always evade him, on two events, reacting rapidly for his first purpose and breaking the offside entice and chipping previous Köhn for the second. It was an actual striker’s efficiency from the (false) 9.
Bradley Barcola – 6
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