Leader of Ligue 1, Monaco was very close to winning thanks to its recruit Folarin Balogun, but Lorient finally equalized on the last action of the match, Sunday in Brittany (2-2).
AS Monaco, leader before this 5th post-international window day, missed the opportunity to record its 4th victory and take a little lead over PSG (beaten by Nice on Saturday). Adi Hütter’s team managed to overthrow the Merlus at Moustoir, before conceding the equalizing goal at the end of added time (2-2), Sunday afternoon.
It was the 40 million euro recruit Folarin Balogun who gave the Monegasques the advantage (69th), by showing his power just after coming into play in place of a discreet Wissam Ben Yedder. Like the American international, Tosin Aiyegun opened his account with his new team, the Beninese striker opening the score from the start (2nd), before a superb equalizer from Aleksandr Golovin (17th).
The Lorient players lacked a second wind to be dangerous as the end of the match approached, but the very last action of the game was saving. Benjamin Mendy made his big debut with the FCL (two years after his last match with Man City) and it was on a long ball from the 2018 world champion that the giant Isaak Touré put the ball away for Romain Faivre, scorer of a nice recovery (97th).
