A frustrating night comes to an end for PSG as they return to the top of the Ligue 1 table but see their winning run end at the same time.
Monaco bounced back in style after their defeat to Lens, and they deserve a share of the spoils.
Volland opened the scoring for the visitors as he converted Golovin’s pass, but PSG eventually found their equaliser from the penalty spot.
Neymar converted, but PSG needed a VAR check to help them back on track.
Messi and Mbappe both came close to scoring, but both were denied by the post as Monaco hung on at the end of the first half.
Neymar was arguably PSG’s best player, but even he wasted numerous chances to beat Nubel in the Monaco goal.
Starting lineup:
PSG (3-4-2-1): Gianluigi Donnarumma;
Sergio Ramos, Marquinhos, Presnel Kimpembe;
Achraf Hakimi, Renato Sanches, Marco Verratti, Nuno Mendes;
Lionel Messi, Neymar, Kylian Mbappe.
SUBS: Nordi Mukiele, Keylor Navas, Hugo Ekitike, Warren Zaire Emery, Danilo Pereira, Pablo Sarabia, Leandro Paredes, Juan Bernat, Abdou Diallo.
MONACO (5-3-2): Alexander Nubel;
Ruben Aguilar, Axel Disasi, Guillermo Maripan, Benoit Badiashile, Caio Henrique;
Mohamed Camara, Aleksandr Golovin, Youssouf Fofana;
Kevin Volland, Wissam Ben Yedder.
SUBS: Ismail Jakobs, Jean Lucas, Maghnes Akliouche, Gelson Martins, Soungoutou Magassa, Takumi Minamino, Thomas Didillon, Breel Embolo, Malang Sarr.
Goals:
GOAAAALLLL – PSG 0-1 MONACO – The visitors catch PSG cold on the counterattack and lead in Paris. Camara won the ball back for Monaco, allowing Golovin to play a teasing through ball between Kimpembe and Marqunhos. Kimpembe tried in vain to stop Volland, but the Monaco man kept him at bay before firing past Donnarumma.
GOAAALLLLLL – PSG 1-1 MONACO – Neymar makes no mistake from the spot as he makes a slow run before sending the ball to Nubel’s right. The Monaco stopper tried to get down to his effort, but the strike was too good, and it was game on in Paris.
So, what’s next?
PSG are away from home midweek as they travel to Toulouse.
Meanwhile, Monaco will be back in front of its fans as they host Troyes on Wednesday.
