Ligue 1, 17th day
Beaujoire Stadium
Nantes-Monaco 2-2
Goals: Abline (12th), Amian (47th) for Nantes; Embolo (52nd), Salisu (60th) for Monaco
Trailing 2-0, AS Monaco snatched a 2-2 draw against Nantes. Imperial for a good part of the match, Anthony Lopes made a fatal error for the Canaries.
After hanging on to Lille, Nantes wanted to win Monaco. Things were going well for Kombouaré’s men. Conquerors, the people of Nantes were rewarded at the start. After paying high pressure, Abline deceived Kohn with a nice cross shot. The FCN was attractive, the complete opposite of a sterile Monaco. Lepenant came close to doubling the lead before the break but his shot grazed the opposing post. It was only a postponement. After a great collective movement, Amian adjusted Kohn with a great recovery to make it 2-0. Enough to wake up Monaco who reduced the score immediately thanks to a cannonball from Embolo in the top corner.
If Anthony Lopes was solid with a nice flight to deprive Ben Seghir of the equalizer, the former Lyon player was holed up just after. He missed his exit from a corner and Salisu put his head in. The end of the match was crazy with actions from both sides. Pallois saved a ball in front of his line while his teammate Simon found the Monaco bar. 2-2, a result which does not help Monaco 3rd, nor Nantes despite a rise to 14th place with this point.
