A penalty converted by Kylian Mbappé on the brink of half-time put Paris Saint Germain ahead and relieved their goalkeeper, the Italian Gianluigi Donnarumma, who with a gross error complicated the situation for Luis Enrique’s team, before the clash was definitively broken. in the final stretch, crazy, and that excessively punished Monaco when they were at their best.
Before the scoring festival of the last quarter of an hour, when Ousmane Dembélé managed to open his Ligue 1 account with a great goal and after the Portuguese Vitinha turned the victory into a rout a minute later, the clash was up in the air because the Monegasque team The Austrian Adi Hutter was ambitious, convinced of his possibilities and with clear opportunities to complicate the champion.
In any case, PSG emerged victorious from the threat of Japanese Takumi Minamino, who enjoyed a handful of clear chances that forced Donnarumma to shine, the savior, accurate, with the exception of the major error he gave to Monaco in the first half.
Because both goals offered their best version but also their worst side. In fact, Luis Enrique’s team achieved its sixth straight victory in Ligue 1 thanks to a misstep by visiting goalkeeper Philipp Kohn, who missed an innocent long-range shot by Dembelé. Gonçalo Ramos was attentive, taking advantage of the rebound and scoring without opposition.
PSG breathed a sigh of relief, without the young Warren Zaire Emery and without Marquinhos, who were injured with their respective teams, with the goal in the 18th minute. They were able to take advantage already in the 9th, in an opportunity by Mbappe that was thwarted by Kohn. But Monaco could also have gone ahead with a corner taken by Aleksandr Golovin that Soungoulou Magassa finished off at point-blank range and was stopped by Donnarumma.
The Italian goalkeeper spoiled his performance shortly after, in the 22nd minute, when he kicked the ball to Takumi Minamino, who did not waste the gift, scored and tied.
The world fell on the transalpine international, who did not breathe until PSG regained the advantage. Mbappe received a wonderful cross from Achraf from the right but the Monegasque goalkeeper guessed his shot. It was seven minutes before the break when the game became uneven again. On a split ball inside the area. Dembelé came forward and Soungoulou Magassa was late and hit him. Penalty. Mbappé did not fail, raising his scoring tally to fourteen.
The match reached the intermission with a local advantage, although it could have been tied because Minamino, once again, stood alone against Donnarumma, who atoned for the previous mistake and emerged as the savior. Same as at the beginning of the second part. The Japanese again. The Italian goalkeeper again.
Monaco cornered PSG, who saw themselves as winners for no reason and diverted their minds to Tuesday’s momentous Champions League clash against Newcastle, with qualification at stake. Hutter’s box did not score and the game went crazy at the end. Luis Enrique’s team won. First with the third goal, a beautiful goal from Dembele who scored a center from Fabián Ruiz that he controlled with his spur. Without an angle he shot and scored.
A minute later, in the 72nd minute, the fourth came when Vitinha, from outside the area, took a pass from Mbappe into the net.
With the match decided, Monaco did not turn around, trying harder and harder. In fact, he scored the second, by Folarin Bolagun, and then threatened his opponent’s peace until the end.
The fifth, with the clash doomed to the end, came in added time. It was signed by Randal Kolo Muani to seal an excessive victory for Paris Saint Germain that moves its opponent away from the top of the table, six points away, and consolidates it as leader in the standings.
5 – Paris Saint-Germain: Gianluigi Donnarumma; Achraf Hakimi, Milan Skriniar, Lucas Hernandez, North Mukiele; Vitinha, Manuel Tongue; Ousmane Dembele (Bradley Barcola, 72), Fabian Ruiz (Carlos Soler, 82), Kylian Mbappe; and Goncalo Ramos (Randal Colo Muani, m.72)
2 – Monaco: Philipp Kohn; Wilfried Singo, William Maripan, Soungoulou Magassa; Vanderson (Krepn Diatta, m.79), Denis Zakaria, Mohamed Camara (Wissam Ben Yedder, m.79), Ismail Jacobs; Alexander Golovin, Takumi Minamino (Maghnes Akiliouche, 79) and Folarin Balogun.
Goals: 1-0, 18:00: Gonzalo Ramos. 1-1, m.22: Takumi Minamino; 2-1, m.39: Kylian Mbappe, penalty; 3-1, m. 71: Ousmane Dembele; 4-1, m.72: Vines; 4-2, m.76: Folarin Ballgun; 5-2, m.96: Ranadal Colored.
Referee: Benoit Bastien. He showed a yellow card to Wilfried Singo, from Monaco.
Incidents: match corresponding to the thirteenth matchday of Ligue 1 played at the Parc des Princes in Paris.
