Paris, Dec. 15: Star-studded Paris Saint Germain slumped to a second defeat in a week as they lost their unbeaten French Ligue 1 record when lowly Guingamp beat them 1-0 on Sunday. But the shock reverse was softened when league leaders Marseille, on 38 points, also lost 1-0 at Monaco in Sunday’s late game, leaving the champions second just a point adrift of the top and Lyon third on 36 points.
Victory would have made Marseille ‘Champions of Autumn’, league leaders going into the winter break, but Bernardo Silva’s precise shot from the edge of the area on 68 minutes handed Monaco a deserved win. Fresh from securing their passage into the last-16 of the Champions League as group winners on Tuesday, Monaco’s disciplined display left the usually swashbuckling Marseille frustrated.
Rod Fanni missed a simple chance for the visitors with an open goal begging just before half-time, and Marseille’s star striker Andre-Pierre Gignac was kept quiet.PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi had been furious as his side lost 3-1 in Barcelona on Wednesday. But Sunday’s performance was far worse.
Jeremy Pied got Guingamp’s goal with a flying header on the edge of the six-yard box in the 11th minute with the Paris central defence of Thiago Silva and David Luiz nowhere to be seen.“It was poor marking all round, even me I got it wrong,” said PSG midfielder Blaise Matuidi.
