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Monaco stun PSG to go top as champions remain winless in Ligue 1

From The Express Tribune · () English

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  • Paris Saint-Germain lost 2-1 at home to Monaco after taking an early lead, leaving the defending Ligue 1 champions winless after three matches.
  • Monaco moved top of the early standings with three victories, while PSG sit seven points behind them on two points.
  • PSG coach Luis Enrique, who signed a contract extension through 2030, said his team deserved to win despite Monaco’s goalkeeper making the difference.

Paris Saint-Germain’s difficult start to the French season deepened on Friday when Monaco overturned a first-half deficit to win 2-1 at the Parc des Princes. The defeat left the defending champions without a Ligue 1 victory after three matches and gave Monaco a place at the top of the early standings.

PSG captain Marquinhos put the home side ahead just past the half-hour mark, converting Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s ball across the goal with his chest. The lead suggested Luis Enrique’s team might finally secure a league win in their first campaign appearance before their own supporters.

Monaco responded after the break. Flavio Nazinho equalised before Belgian winger Stanis Idumbo scored the winner for the visitors, who have taken three wins from three. PSG have only two points and already trail Monaco by seven.

We clearly deserved to win. That is my opinion.

· Luis EnriqueThe PSG coach assessed his team’s home defeat to Monaco.

“We clearly deserved to win. That is my opinion,” Luis Enrique said. “I saw the game and it was the typical game in which we were better than the opposition and created a lot more chances, but the opposition goalkeeper was the best player on the pitch.”

The result came after PSG drew their opening league games away to Rennes and Lille, recovering from two-goal deficits late in both matches. Marquinhos scored the last-minute equaliser at Lille a week earlier. The club had also lost to Lens in the French Champions Trophy after beating Aston Villa to win the UEFA Super Cup.

PSG announced before kick-off that Luis Enrique had signed a three-year extension through 2030. The team will begin its bid for a third straight Champions League title next midweek at home to Slovan Bratislava, but it will do so after a stuttering domestic opening. Monaco, meanwhile, entered the match after a turbulent transfer-window period and played without Folarin Balogun, whose proposed £40 million move to Everton fell through on deadline day.

I saw the game and it was the typical game in which we were better than the opposition and created a lot more chances, but the opposition goalkeeper was the best player on the pitch.

· Luis EnriqueHe said Monaco’s goalkeeper was decisive despite PSG creating more chances.
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Originally published by The Express Tribune in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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