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King David
Jonathan David was once again brilliant this Friday against AS Monaco.
It's quite simple, the Canadian was in all the right places.
His ball-to-foot speed and his surgical precision in the face of goals caused miseries for the Monegasque rearguard.
He launched his team perfectly by transforming the penalty caused by Xeka at the start of the match (5th).
Far from being satisfied, he put the cover back a few minutes later by adjusting Alexander Nubel following a nice opening Tiago Djalo (9th). He had many chances and missed the treble by nothing (39th). The former La Gantoise player scored his 9th and 10th goals in Ligue 1 this season, and is more than ever the league's top scorer.
The Monegasque state of mind
Authors of a not far from catastrophic first period, the players of AS Monaco were perfectly able to reverse the trend. Led by two goals at the end of the first ten minutes, they managed to come back to the score thanks to a much more successful second period. Diatta had shown the way just before the break (41st) and upon returning from the locker room, the Reds and Whites provided the show. Positioned very high on the ground, they set off to tackle Lille's goals, and their efforts ended up paying off. Reduced to ten (78th), the Monegasques did not give up and were rewarded by Wissam Ben Yedder, scorer at the end of the match (83rd).
Djalo like a rock
It seems far from the time when Tiago Djalo vegetated on the sidelines of LOSC.
This season, the Portuguese finally demonstrates the full extent of his talent under the aegis of Jocelyn Gourvennec.
On Louis-II's lawn, he was a real rock.
Physically imposing, sure of himself ... He was practically impassable.
But he didn't just defend.
First raiser of his team, he distilled good balls to his attackers.
The defender of the Mastiffs is also a decisive passer on David's second goal (9th).
When his team was in difficulty, he kept it afloat by carrying out several monstrous rescues (49th and 68th).
Flops
Pavlovic's nightmarish evening
Sale evening for Strahinja Pavlovic. The Serbian defender suffered from the comparison with his counterpart Djalo. If the Lille has been in practically all the good shots, the Monegasque has lived a real nightmare. He strongly contributed to sinking his team by causing a penalty in the first moments of the refocus (5th). The Monegasque central seemed very feverish and suffered a lot in the face of the speed of the LOSC attackers. Often late in duels, he received a second yellow card at the end of the match (78th), synonymous with expulsion, signing his absolutely catastrophic performance with one final point.
The first half hour of ASM
Niko Kovac's team went through an ordeal during the first thirty minutes.
Picked cold from the start of the game on the penalty converted by David (5th), the Reds and Whites could not have started badly.
Punished once again by the same David (9th), they totally sank.
Completely suffocated by the pressing of the Mastiffs, the Monegasques experienced all the difficulties to bring out the balloons.
Cornered in their half of the field, they somehow tried to contain the waves of Lille, without success.
The astonishing choice of the Croatian to leave Ben Yedder on the bench, to start a disappointing Myron Boadu once again did not fail.
The Rocher club still found color in the second half.