Game full of ideas with changes in front and 6 goals. At St Louis II, Monaco, after going behind, was able to turn the match around. However, PSG had the strength to take control of the match and win. Match marked by Donnarumma’s facial injury.
PSG beat Monaco 2-4 and consolidated their lead in the Ligue 1 standings with 40 points, 10 ahead of Olympique Marseille and Monaco themselves, who can still be reached by Lille at the end of the day.
Match marked by numerous controversial decisions by referee François Letexier. Gianluigi Donnarumma suffered a nasty blow to the face from Singo, who was not sent off despite the violent intervention.
PSG took the lead with Doué (24th), but in the second half ASM overturned the result in just a few minutes. Ben Seghir scored from a penalty in the 53rd, Breel Embolo doubled the lead in the 60th. Ousmane Dembélé (64′) re-established parity.
Camara risked a second yellow, but Letexier did not punish him. After the introduction of Gonçalo Ramos, PSG made it 3-2 in the 83rd minute and then Dembélé closed the score in full injury time to make it 2-4. Despite the refereeing favors to Monaco, PSG prevailed and consolidated their leadership in the standings.
Two draws in La Liga
Espanyol-Valencia and Villarreal-Rayo Vallecano ended 1-1. In the first of the two matches, the Valencians were desperately looking for a success to move up from last place, but they only came close to a coup as they had a goal disallowed in the 95th minute.
The Catalans, third to last in the class, had taken the lead at the end of the first half through Javi Puado before the visitors equalized at the start of the second half with Diego Lopez.
In the second game the guests went ahead in the 20th minute with Alvaro Garcia but were joined by Submarino Amarillo, despite being left with ten men due to Willy Kambwala’s red card for an inappropriate tackle on Óscar Valentín. The draw extends Rayo’s streak, fresh from the 3-3 draw with Real Madrid, while it still slows down the ambitions of fifth-placed Villarreal.
