Guy Lacombe’s resurgent Monaco side threw a spanner into Paris Saint-Germain’s drive for league honors this season with a dramatic 2-0 win in the Principality on Sunday.
South Korean Park Chu-young opened the scoring with a fine solo effort in the 85th minute and Brazilian midfield partner Nene added a second barely three minutes later as PSG went into meltdown and finished the match a man down.
After a lively first half both sides failed to produce the same fireworks and it took until the 68th minute for a sniff of a goal to emerge.
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Peguy Luyindula sprung a counter-attack and carried the ball deep into Monaco territory where defender Cedric Mongongu’s superb tackle dispossessed the PSG forward.
Barely seven minutes later the match was temporarily halted by the referee following the throwing of flares on to the pitch by fans, resuming a few minutes later and going on to become even more dramatic.
Park, launching a threatening counter-attack unleashed a low angled drive that beat Gregpry Coupet in the PSG goal.
Luyindula missed a great chance to level a minute later when his header from Christophe Jallet’s cross just shaved Stephane Ruffier’s goalpost.
But Monaco virtually ended the match in the 88th minute when Alejandro Alonso set up Nene who beat Coupet with a great left-footed long range strike.
Bordeaux, on 13 points, lead Lyon on goal difference after their 1-0 win over Grenoble on Saturday.
Earlier on Sunday struggling Auxerre grabbed their first win of the new campaign thanks a 2-0 home win against Nice.
Rennes beat Saint Etienne 1-0 to secure sixth place in the league, leaving Alain Perrin’s side, with only one win from five games, second from bottom above Grenoble.
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