PLAYER RATINGS | PSG 5-2 Monaco – Les Parisiens extend Ligue 1 lead with five-star victory
Paris Saint-Germain score five as they earn a convincing win over Monaco in a table-topping Ligue 1 clash. Gonçalo Ramos profited off a Phillip Köhn error to open the scoring for Les Parisiens before the visitors took advantage of a howler pass from Donnarumma to level proceedings in the first half. Ousmane Dembélé rifled a spectacular near post finish to double the lead for PSG, before Vitinha curled a beauty as the hosts ran away with scoring. Monaco managed to score once more to reduce the deficit through Folarin Balogun, as PSG take three vital Ligue 1 points against their Monégasque title rivals.
Some early pressure from both sides set the rhythm to an end-to-end first period. Monaco had the ball in the back of the net through Vanderson after Gianluigi Donnarumma parried the ball into the path of the wing-back; yet it was a lucky escape for Les Parisiens who delighted as VAR intervenes to rule the effort out for offside.
However, it was the hosts who opened the scoring through Gonçalo Ramos, with the Monégasque keeper Köhn unable to hold onto a strike from Ousmane Dembélé which he essentially dropped into the path of the Portuguese international to slot home.
A passing error from Gianluigi Donnarumma gifted the ball to Takumi Minamino, and the Japanese international calmly took the ball under his control with his first touch and finished past the Italian with his second.
Just as Monaco looked right back in the game, it would be the hosts that take the lead again. Les Parisiens were given a penalty after Magassa made a high challenge on Ousmane Dembélé, and Kylian Mbappé dispatched to retake the lead fr PSG on the 39th minute. Monaco almost equalised just before the break, with Donnarumma on hand to marginally tip away
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