Pavard, disaster in Monaco

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By: Nicolas Gerbault

Manhandled in the Principality, OM were not helped by Benjamin Pavard on the second Monegasque goal signed Balogun.

Traveling to the Rock this Sunday evening to close the 28e day of Ligue 1, OM had to take at least one point to keep their place on the podium. This was without taking into account a much more realistic AS Monaco and the guilty blunders of its defense.

While Golovin was responsible for opening the scoring for the Monegasques just before the hour mark (1-0, 59e), the Principality club was able to double the lead a quarter of an hour later thanks to Balogun (2-0, 74e). Not without a catastrophic intervention from Pavard…

On a sweeping clearance from the opposing defense, the Marseillais made an improbable shot against the grain which the American ASM striker did not fail to take advantage of. Certainly at the cost of an exceptional offensive gesture. The final blow for OM who could only reduce the gap through Gouiri at the end of the match (2-1, 85e).