Staff Reporter.
Paris St-Germain produced a woeful performance as they lost 3-0 at Monaco in Ligue 1 on Sunday, a result that will put coach Mauricio Pochettino under more pressure less than two weeks after their Champions League exit.
Wissam Ben Yedder scored twice for the hosts, flicking in a near-post cross and converting a late penalty.
In between, he created Monaco’s second, with Kevin Volland placing his shot past PSG keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Mauricio Pochettino’s side have now lost four of their last six matches in all competitions.
And it was no more than PSG deserved for a dreadful performance in which they were second best throughout.
With Lionel Messi absent due to illness, Kylian Mbappe provided their only real threat. But he had few chances to impress as the players behind him were out-fought and out-thought by their, seemingly, more motivated opponents.
“They played well, congratulations to them. They’re a good team, a great club,” Mbappe said.
“The goal is to get the 10th French title. We can win 8-0, 9-0, people will talk about the Champions League. Whatever happens we must respect ourselves, if we have a little bit of self esteem. We also need to respect the fans.”
Leandro Paredes and Georginio Wijnaldum were taken off as Pochettino tried to spark his side into life, while the ineffective Neymar walked straight down the tunnel after also being withdrawn late on.
“The way we lost is not acceptable at this level of competition. We can’t start a game the way we started this one,” he said.
“We need to get over the Champions league exit, hopefully the international break will help put it behind us.”
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PSG still remain well clear at the top of the table with 65 points from 29 games, 15 points ahead of Rennes, and also Marseille and Nice, who meet later on Sunday. Monaco move up to seventh on 44 points.