Thomas Siniecki, Media365: published on Wednesday December 11, 2024 at 11:48 p.m.
Discover our tops and our flops following Monaco's logical defeat at Arsenal (3-0) on Wednesday evening.
The tops
Bukayo Saka
Double scorer and also decisive on the third goal, the England international has been involved in eight goals and eleven assists since the start of the season, the second best total for a Premier League player (in all competitions) behind Mohamed Salah (sixteen goals and twelve assists).
Kai Havertz
Entering for the last quarter of an hour, the German made his presence profitable. Author of the decisive pressure on the goalkeeper which offers the second goal to Bukayo Saka, he ends up causing the final goal against his camp (unless it is attributed to him?) from Thilo Kehrer.
Radoslaw Majecki
He is certainly the least bad Monegasque of the evening, as he delayed the deadline as much. Particularly at the end of the first period, when ASM was getting into trouble and the Polish goalkeeper multiplied the real duel saves to keep his team in contact.
The flops
Mohammed Salisu
Already limited against Gabriel Jesus then Bukayo Saka before the latter's opening score, on which he was content to cover while raising his arm to request offside without running (nice hat-trick), the Ghanaian defender killed the match with his suicidal pass for his goalkeeper which brought Arsenal 2-0.
Soungoutou Tall
Less catastrophic than his comrade, the defensive midfielder lost a ball which, without Majecki, would have allowed Martin Odegaard to run alone to open the scoring. Replaced at half-time, he seemed constantly lost in his pressing. In short, he is far from having forgotten the absence of Denis Zakaria, on the contrary.
Thilo Kehrer
Supposed to be the experienced defender of this ASM, for which he also wore the armband in place of Denis Zakaria, the ex-Paris Saint-Germain player could have equalized with a header (47th) but he mostly ended up by causing this last goal which should be attributed to him against his camp.
