Messi Absent, Paris St Germain Swallowed Defeat To AS Monaco 0-3

AS Monaco player. (Photo: Doc. Antara/AFP)

JAKARTA - Without its star player, Lionel Messi, Paris St Germain had to swallow the bitter pill against AS Monaco. PSG were completely slaughtered 0-3 by host AS Monaco in the French Ligue 1 match, at Stade Louis II, Monaco, Sunday night.

Quoting Antara, this result is expected to make coach Mauricio Pochettino even more depressed, especially since this happened less than two weeks after PSG were eliminated from the Champions League.

PSG, who have 65 points from 29 matches, are still top of the table above Olympique de Marseille and Nice by 15 points. Both teams can narrow this gap to 12 points if one of them wins the meeting between them which took place today.

For PSG, this was the third consecutive away defeat in a league game.

Lionel Messi missed this match due to a bout of flu, and this absence saw the French capital side show almost nothing at the Stadio Louis II which came 11 days after being knocked out of the Champions League last 16 by Real Madrid scoring three goals in that time frame. 17 minutes.

Wissam Ben Yedder scored twice for Monado in the 25th minute and 84th minute from a penalty kick, while Kevin Volland scored the other goal in the 68th minute.

The home win lifted Monaco to seventh place with 44 points from 29 matches, Reuters reports.