VIDEO | Ligue 1 Highlights: Lens vs AS Monaco
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00:00 Guedes underway, a packed house, a terrific atmosphere
00:06 and two teams looking to bounce back
00:09 from setbacks in their last games.
00:12 Monaco losing at home to Toulouse
00:14 as well.
00:16 It's a run to Khadi
00:18 on the right-hand side.
00:20 Now then, chance here for Lansin behind the ball
00:22 into the six-yard area and collected
00:25 just the second time he's done so.
00:29 Last time came
00:30 in September 2020.
00:33 Three and a half years ago nearly, played against Nantes.
00:37 Play on, says the referee, might just fall in for Ben Yedder.
00:46 Big save by Brees Samba.
00:49 Well, Ben Yedder who scored in the first minute of the
00:56 cup tie between the clubs, just five minutes played here today.
01:00 Getting away from Facundo Medina but Brees Samba came out
01:05 and did really well to narrow the angle and make the save.
01:08 The pass from Zakaria, Ben Yedder denied.
01:11 Pull up in his corner then, collected by Brees Samba.
01:17 Now Lansin can break.
01:20 Thomasson, look at the space he has to run into here.
01:26 Right to his right and why going for goal himself.
01:29 Majetski makes the save, he might have been better served trying to
01:33 pick out Andi Diouf who made the...
01:35 Carbonico again.
01:39 Balogun with the attempt which is held by Samba.
01:44 Kamarad Balogun.
01:48 [FANS SHOUTING]
02:02 Golovkin.
02:03 Ball into the middle for Balogun.
02:07 Stretching to try to turn it in and he couldn't make a proper connection.
02:13 Guatara's ball in.
02:19 [FANS SHOUTING]
02:23 Deep for Balogun.
02:25 Balogun looking to hold off Danso, he's done really well for Larrin Balogun to get in front
02:34 of the Lens defender and put that ball into the net to give Monaco the lead here.
02:41 To get in front of Danso and hold off the Lens player.
02:43 And then the finish beyond Brice Samba and the goalkeepers near post Monaco.
02:53 We're ahead here early on in the cup tie which they eventually won on penalties
02:58 at the start of this calendar year and they've got the breakthrough in the first half here today
03:04 thanks to Full Arjen Balogun.
03:05 The principality team, Ben Yedder, what a player he's been for Monaco.
03:10 Feeding it through to Golovkin who has space here.
03:13 Trying to unselfishly tee up Balogun, he really should have gone himself, Alexander Golovkin.
03:17 Still it's alive.
03:20 Zakaria playing it off already in the calendar year. PSG have won here and Monaco
03:30 triumphed on penalties in that cup tie at the start of January.
03:36 Oliver feeding Ben Yedder, the Monaco captain. It's part of the goal blocked by Medina who
03:42 stands firm and Brice Samba kept out the first effort, kept out the follow-up but then Minamino
03:49 runs away in celebration and Brice Samba fumbling that ball over the line.
03:54 It's 2-0 to Monaco.
03:57 And Monaco's attacking threat there for all to see again. Ben Yedder
04:04 biding his time, look at the run being made by Minamino outside him.
04:07 Brice Samba really unlucky.
04:13 Made the first save and then fumbling that ball over the line,
04:23 it might even go down as a Brice Samba own goal.
04:32 Monaco looking for a quick reply, they've got it.
04:34 From the restart they thought anyway but Wai
04:40 is flagged offside, the celebrations cut short for the moment.
04:46 Straight from the restart, brilliant touch by Thomas Holt.
05:00 Now Wai looked like he was maybe just a fraction ahead of the defender,
05:06 that's why the flag initially came up but the goal has been given.
05:10 Dufat to the right-hand side, Guillen to Wai.
05:17 Medina, good build-up play from the home team, a lovely ball fed through to Wai again.
05:28 Just not far enough away from Majewski, the Monaco goal keep them in contention,
05:34 only PSG have scored more.
05:36 And Hadi Hürter's side have got 43 in the league this season,
05:43 still 10 fewer than the leaders. Minamino, Minamino looking to Tia Balogun,
05:51 they're trying to walk it into the net.
05:54 Eventually the free kick is given against Balogun I think, for a Monaco second.
06:00 Selfishly looking to Tia Balogun, really into the
06:10 loss starting line-up today, it's been a very useful signing for them this season since coming
06:17 in as a free agent at the beginning of the campaign. Pereira Costa into the penalty box,
06:23 looking for the space to get the shot in but easy save in the end.
06:28 He's got four goals in his last six games in all competitions.
06:32 It's nice to look to come back from this 2-1 deficit.
06:47 On the front foot right from the off.
06:52 And the swinging corner comes in, it's met by the head of Danso rising the highest.
07:00 Loss of loss, just one of the last 17 home league meetings with Monaco.
07:20 Recent record in this fixture is a good one. Sotoka's ball in,
07:24 they tried to turn around a losing situation today, Sotoka again.
07:30 It was really well to get it back to Pereira da Costa whose shot was
07:36 firmly struck but straight out the goalkeeper.
07:40 Challenge for Monaco in this second, have to hold on to this lead.
07:46 They're under pressure at the moment. Diouf giving it to Aguilar, Sotoka outside him again,
07:52 Sotoka forward, it's a really good cut back. And Diouf's effort, he did make a proper connection
07:59 via the defender but that should have been equalising goal. Andy Diouf, ball coming...
08:12 Sotoka, really well to keep that ball in play.
08:18 Now then, they're appealing for a foul. The referee is going to come and take a look at this.
08:23 Now often when that happens the initial decision ends up being overturned.
08:29 If that's to be the case here, Loss will get a penalty.
08:32 There's the contact. Will Sotoka really going to get on the end of that ball?
08:39 The referee has seen it and he is giving nothing.
08:45 He's going to give a yellow card to Franck Eze, the Loss coach.
09:03 Tomasson, ball out to the far side, touchdown for Pereira da Costa.
09:09 Frankowski, punched away under pressure by Majewski.
09:15 Ball in from Medina, kept alive. Frankowski again,
09:25 net by the head and it will drift wide.
09:31 Bendy, good player. Zakaria staying down at the moment as Loss continue
09:51 to search for the equaliser and it's the header over the bar from Przemyslaw Frankowski.
09:56 That was the challenge for Sotoka on Denis Zakaria. The referee waving play on, Zakaria staying on the
10:05 ground and Monaco would not have been too happy if Loss had scored from this situation. Frankowski
10:11 in the end unable to divert the header on target. It was an awkward one for him.
10:16 Sotoka does well to keep that alive somehow, maybe the chance for the equaliser here. It's a brilliant save
10:30 initially but the follow-up is turned in by Wesley Saeed and Loss are level.
10:40 Franquez, the coach punches there in celebration, all credit to Sotoka for keeping that ball alive
10:46 and it was Eliway who scored Loss first goal today, returned it into the middle for Saeed.
10:56 A brilliant stop initially by Majewski and you have to say the Polish goalkeeper is unlucky.
11:00 Saeed on hand to restore parity.
11:08 Is there to be another twist?
11:09 Balogun appeals again for a penalty, this time the referee has given it. Samba on Minamino I think is
11:21 what the referee has penalised. He initially let play go on, worked so hard in the second half to
11:27 get the second goal, now risk falling behind again. Balogun wanted the penalty initially
11:34 and then there was the challenge there by Samba on Minamino who knocked the ball away from the
11:39 goalkeeper and then was brought down. That is why the spot kick has been given.
11:44 What a game this has been.
11:58 Rui Samba simply didn't see Minamino coming. A man who missed two penalties in one game
12:05 earlier this season. Big moment this for him and in Monaco season it's saved and the follow-up
12:12 straight into the arms of the Lenskeeper and maybe that long wait before he could take the penalty.
12:18 That had the ball initially, looked like he might take it. Balogun clearly wanted it.
12:25 Samba went the right way and stopped it with his legs and
12:28 comes the delivery, Maripan heads it away.
12:35 Maletsky collects the cross under pressure from Eluey.
12:52 Compare that with Nice for example who've led in 15, Brest and PSG have each led in 18.
12:57 Lille have led in 17, it's a big difference. Comes the shot from outside the box.
13:04 The line by Singo for Minamino. Balogun and Ben Seguir in the middle. Minamino might try to go
13:13 all the way himself, it's a stunning goal from Takumi Minamino and Monaco might just have won
13:20 this game in stoppage time. And Brest Samba having saved the penalty from Balogun
13:27 beats it all ends up by that shot from Minamino. They hit it with real venom.
13:46 Another cruel twist at the end of the game for Longsuit, conceded an equalizer
13:51 in injury time in Freiburg on Thursday before losing that Europa League tie in extra time.
13:55 Having fought back from two down today, that is a real sucker punch for them now.
14:02 Thank you for watching, until next time.
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