Monaco 3-0 PSG: Ben Yedder scores brace at Messi’s absence

Monaco has overcome Paris Saint-Germain PSG with a 3 – 0 victory against PSG on Sunday after a Wissam Ben Yedder double strike, as Neymar and Kylian Mbappe were both booked in a feisty Ligue 1 encounter.

The French club failed to secure a goal before the final whistle as Lionel Messi missed the match due to Flu.

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The champions remain 15 points clear of second-placed Marseille at the top of Ligue 1 after the fourth league defeat of the season for Mauricio Pochettino’s men, who have been shaken since being dumped out of the Champions League by Real Madrid.

Monaco captain Ben Yedder is now Ligue 1’s top scorer with 18 goals after his 25th-minute tap-in from a rebound, and an 84th-minute penalty.

Ben Yedder also helped in the build-up for German striker Kevin Volland’s goal for Monaco, making it 2-0 on 68 minutes in what was the real turning point of the game as PSG began to chase.

Mbappe and Neymar started for PSG and had a string of opportunities as the visitors enjoyed the lion’s share of possession.

Mbappe said the bitterness of the Champions League defeat earlier this month was still felt at the club.

The 23 years old France footballer who was full of praise for his old club also enquired teammates to remain professionals by saying…

“We could win 8-0 and nobody would care, they’d just be thinking about the Champions League,

We need to remain professional, think of our families,

They are a great team, playing in European competition,” 

Monaco’s Belgian coach Philippe Clement can also thank his ‘keeper Alexander Nuebel, who made important saves from Mbappe, Neymar, and the marauding Moroccan Achraf Hakimi.