PLAYER RATINGS | Nice-Monaco: Aleksandr Golovin’s late winner gifts Monaco late win over 10-men Nice in thriller
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A late Aleksandr Golovin winner handed AS Monaco a crucial and sweet victory over local rivals OGC Nice in a five-goal thriller at the Allianz Riviera.
The two rivals went into the tie in contrasting form. Whilst Nice are trying to keep pace with runaway leaders Paris Saint-Germain, and in midweek progressed to the Coupe de France quarter-finals, Monaco continue to slip down the table and out of the UEFA Champions League places for the first time all season. Adi Hütter’s men suffered a shock elimination in the Coupe de France mid-week at the hands of National 1 side Rouen, and the Principality club’s fans were not too eloquent in demanding a response: “Get your asses into gear,” read a banner unfurled ahead of the match.
Les supporters Monégasques avec un message clair avant le derby de la Côte d’Azur. Réponse obligatoire ce soir. <a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/ASMonaco?src=hash&ref_src=» https: target="_blank" rel=«noopener»>#ASMonaco
<a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/OGCNASM?src=hash&ref_src=» https: target="_blank" rel=«noopener»>#OGCNASM pic.twitter.com/qYR1rHvW64Hütter said he would change something, and so he did, switching to a 4-3-3, however, his players looked unused to the system, with runs not found and possession often ceded sloppy with a string of mishit passes. As they have all season, Nice dominated possession but failed to do much with it in the opening minutes.
Les Aiglons were then stunned 16 minutes in. Denis Zakaria, unpressured around 30 metres out, let fly with a rifled effort that flew past the helpless Marcin Bulka in the Nice goal. Nice had to show a response after conceding just their third goal at the Allianz Riviera all season, and they did.
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