A weakened Paris Saint-Germain misplaced a second straight sport in all competitions to Monaco 3-1 within the French league on Saturday, three days earlier than dealing with Bayern Munich.
Monaco climbed to 3rd place, seven factors behind a rattled PSG, whose lead was minimize to 5 factors after second-placed Marseille beat Clermont 2-0.
Undefeated in all competitions from August to December, PSG has turn out to be fragile. It misplaced to Lens and Rennes within the league final month and was knocked out by Marseille within the final 16 of the French Cup on Wednesday.
“We have now conceded quite a lot of targets because the restart of the season,” PSG coach Christophe Galtier mentioned. “We should rediscover our steadiness, defensively.”
Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe have been out injured however Neymar performed.
Bayern comes on Tuesday for the primary leg within the Champions League spherical of 16.
Wissam Ben Yedder scored twice for Monaco. His blocked shot rebounded for Aleksandr Golovin to beat PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma within the fourth minute.
Ben Yedder doubled the lead within the 18th as Monaco pressed excessive up the pitch. Krepin Diatta dispossessed El Chadaille Bitshiabu and Ben Yedder buried an angled strike into the far nook.
Teenage midfielder Warren Zaire-Emery pulled one again for PSG by tapping dwelling a low cross from Juan Bernat within the thirty ninth.
However Ben Yedder restored Monaco’s two-goal lead moments earlier than halftime with a curling shot off the publish. He tied Reims striker Folarin Balogun as the highest scorer within the league with 14.
Donnarumma prevented PSG being in an even bigger gap by halftime. He parried a close-range header from Ruben Aguilar and denied Golovin, who was clear by means of on objective.
Monaco managed the sport within the second half and Donnarumma saved a low effort from substitute Takumi Minamino in stoppage time.
The kickoff of the Clermont-Marseille sport was delayed by 45 minutes as a result of police used tear fuel to cease combating exterior the stadium. As some gamers struggled to breathe, the referee Ruddy Buquet despatched each groups again to the dressing room.
Chile striker Alexis Sanchez gave Marseille the lead within the forty fourth by changing a penalty after Muhammed Cham raised his arm to deflect a free kick from Ruslan Malinovskyi.
Sanchez added a second objective within the 81st by heading in a rebound after his first try was saved by goalkeeper Mory Diaw.