AS Monaco received Manchester City this Wednesday at the Louis II stadium for the 2ᵉ day of the Champions League League phase. After their defeat against Club Bruges (4-1) on September 18, the band at Adi Hütter was well redeeming. On the side of Pep Guardiola, winner of Naples (2-0) at the same time, the objective was clear, set out again with the three points.
Haaland strikes the first
Skyblues quickly imposed their rhythm. After a few minutes trying to build their game, the premier League residents opened the scoring thanks to Erling Haaland. On a lobed pass from Joško Gvardiol, the Norwegian striker ahead of Mohammed salisu and concluded with a subtle lob with the end of the foot, deceiving Philipp Köhn on his first touched ball (0-1, 15ᵉ).
Immediate reaction of Monegasques
The Monegasques reacted three minutes later. On a pass from Krépin Diatta, Jordan Teze was arguing with the right foot to find the skylight of Gianluigi Donnarumma (1-1, 18ᵉ). At the end of the first half, visitors took control of the ball and left almost no opportunity to the locals. But in the 44ᵉ, Haaland, on his second ball of the match, showed implacable realism by taking the lead a center of Nico O'Reilly and by beating Köhn a second time (1-2).
Monaco resists and tears off
Before the time of play, the ASM tried a burst of pride, but without success. Haaland narrowly missed the hat -trick a quarter of an hour from the end, on a strike at 20 meters, his shot was stopped by Köhn. The delivery for Monaco finally came from a penalty granted at the end of the match, after a high foot of Nico González on Eric Dier, perfectly transformed by the English international to seal the score at 2-2 (90ᵉ).
