AS Monaco, managed by Adi Hütter, lost the first showdown of the season with league champions Paris Saint-Germain in the French championship with 2:5 (1:2). In the Ligue 1 title race, there are now six points and 14 goals between the leader and the third-placed Monegasques. Nice ranks in between.
Ousmane Dembele scored his first goal for PSG to make it 3-1 (70th) and Vitinha (72nd) decided the game in the Parc des Princes in Paris with a double strike. The two goalies Philipp Köhn and Gianluigi Donnarumma each conceded one goal.
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The Portuguese national striker Goncalo Ramos was dusted after a mistake by ex-Salzburg goalie Köhn (18th). Another former Salzburg player, Takumi Minamino, immediately equalized (22nd) because PSG keeper Donnarumma also made a mistake. Italy’s team goalie hesitated too long after a back pass and served the ball to the Japanese.
Mbappe scores again
Kylian Mbappe sank a penalty kick to make it 2-1 at halftime (39′). With 14 goals in Ligue 1, the superstar has now scored twice as many as the runner-up in the list. After Folarin Balogun’s goal to make it 2-4 (75th), Randal Kolo Muani (96th) sealed Monaco’s third defeat of the season deep in stoppage time. For the first time under Hütter, the team from the principality conceded more than three goals.
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