After the correction suffered in Paris, OM were unable to take advantage of their new coach to react. Monaco won 3-2 on Saturday evening as part of the 7th day of Ligue 1.
Knocked out last Sunday in Paris (4-0), the OM players were unable to completely shake off this headache six days later in Monaco. Although having led twice, through Ndiaye after… 31 seconds and Gigot in the role of a center forward (1-2, 18th), Gennaro Gattuso’s players gave in on the Rock (3-2) .
The Italian coach began his Marseille career with a defeat but the desire displayed on Saturday evening at the Louis-II stadium contrasted seriously with the ghostly performance at the Parc des Princes.
“ We put the right ingredients in, we did the right things and we led twice but once again we weren’t paying attention… the goal at the start of the second really hurt us.”reacted hotly Jonathan Clauss, the Olympian right-back, on Canal+.
After bringing AS Monaco back up to speed quite quickly (1-1, 8th), the young Akliouche actually hurt by deceiving Lopez in the 52nd minute, the last goal of the match (3-2).
OM, who were unable to take advantage of the end of the match to their advantage to snatch a draw, are now focused on receiving Brighton in the Europa League with a strong priority.
Seven goals conceded in two Championship matches, we will have to find an impervious defense and a much more decisive Pau Lopez.