AS Monaco lost 2-1 against OM, a direct competitor.

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CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU / AFP

  • AS Monaco lost 2-1 against Olympique de Marseille on Saturday, a direct competitor at the top of the standings.

  • For coach Niko Kovac, Monaco was better than OM but his team made too many mistakes.

Bis repetita.

AS Monaco lost 2-1 on Saturday afternoon on the lawn of Olympique de Marseille, a direct competitor for the top of the Ligue 1 standings. The Monegasques remain fifth in the championship for the moment, but they leave slip away their evening opponents with four points ahead and two games less for OM.

The players of the rock can blame themselves since they conceded two goals in less than a quarter of an hour, a first from Thauvin (5th), then a second from Dario Benedetto (13th).

Two goals conceded on two shots, which can feed AS Monaco regrets while Wissam Ben Yedder harvested a goal ready from the kick-off (1st).

“If we had scored, that would have changed everything.

It would have been another match, in our favor, ”regretted Niko Kovac.

"We must find defensive solidity"

And the matches follow each other and are similar for the players of AS Monaco with a defeat already by the same score, last Sunday against Lille, another competitor at the top of the table.

“It's the same scenario as against Lille, we take two goals on two shots.

We're out of luck.

We must reduce our mistakes and work hard to be more efficient, ”analyzed the Monaco coach.

Draw at home against Montpellier.

Defeats in Rennes, Brest, Lyon, Lille and Marseille.

The last 3 cities will be clearly in front of us at D38.

Battle ahead with the first 2.

The goal is clearly 5th place this season.

I say it again ... #ASMonaco

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If the start of the match was catastrophic, the Monegasques gradually came back and pushed to the end after the reduction of Ben Yedder's score from the penalty spot (79th).

“We were better over the whole game.

We were the best team but we lost and when you lose you have it all wrong ”, regretted Niko Kovac.

And the coach particularly targets his defense.

“We are the second best attack in the championship, we attack well.

But we make mistakes in defense, from there it's difficult to win matches.

We have to find defensive strength, we have young players who make mistakes and we pay them cash.

We are working on this, ”he warned.

The Monegasques receive Lens this Wednesday (9 p.m.), before going to Dijon next weekend.

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