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Lionel Messi-less Paris Saint-Germain fell to Monaco on Saturday to give Marseille and Lens a chance to cut the league leaders leads to five points.
Already inconsistent PSG team was without Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe.
PSG’s poor run of form continued as it found itself behind after an early goal. It needed to be a team effort from Galtier’s men today, especially with the absence of players like Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi.
Soon Monaco doubled its lead after Poor defending by Bitshiabu as he lost possession at the edge of the box after pressure from Diatta. Diatta poked the ball to Ben Yedder, who found the net with a good finish from a tight angle.
Although PSG pulled one back in the 39th minute after Soler rolled the ball to Bernat who had made the overlapping run. Bernat put in an accurate low cross from the left, which found Zaire-Emery in the middle. He made no mistake in tucking the ball inside the net from close range.
Just before the half-time, Monaco restored its 2-goal lead when Ben Seghir slid a defense-splitting pass to Ben Yedder who made no mistake with a close-range finish.
PSG has looked fragile lately, losing to Lens and Rennes in the league last month and getting knocked out of the French Cup by Marseille on Wednesday. Mbappe is still sidelined by a thigh injury, and Messi strained his hamstring against Marseille.
