Monaco beat PSG 1-2 at the Parc des Princes to make it three wins from three

PSG had 68% of the ball, 23 shots and a lead. None of it survived the second half. Monaco needed four shots all night, scored with two of them, and left the Parc des Princes with all three points.

Marquinhos gave the champions the perfect start after 31 minutes. F. Jacinto Dos Názinho levelled it just after the hour, and S. Idumbo Muzambo put Monaco ahead for good at 72'. PSG could not find a way back through a defence that barely needed to touch the ball.

A first defeat, and a perfect record for someone else

PSG's start to the season now reads two draws and a loss — the champions still have not won a Ligue 1 game in three attempts. Monaco, by contrast, have won all three, the only side in the division yet to drop a point.

Three matchdays without a win for the champions

Matchday 1 was already unusual: a summer heatwave and a fungal infection left the Parc des Princes pitch unplayable, so the LFP moved PSG's opener to Roazhon Park with Rennes as the late host. Rennes led 2-0 by the 38th minute through Sebastian Szymański and Esteban Lepaul, and it took a Ferran Torres double off the bench — one goal at 71', another at 82' — to get PSG back to 2-2.

Matchday 2 followed the same script in reverse gear. Lille led 2-0 at the Pierre-Mauroy with six minutes left, Olivier Giroud having set up both goals, and PSG needed two goals in stoppage time — Vitinha at 90+1', Marquinhos heading in at 90+5' — to leave with a point instead of nothing.

Against Monaco, PSG were the ones with the early lead for once, Marquinhos scoring after 31 minutes. It made no difference: F. Jacinto Dos Názinho and S. Idumbo Muzambo both scored in the second half, and this time there was no stoppage-time rescue. Three matchdays in, PSG have now conceded the last goal of the game in every single one — twice it cost them the win, this time it cost them the match.

Monaco: three wins, and a first goal conceded

Monaco opened the season by beating Le Havre 1-0 through an Eric Dier header from a corner in the 14th minute, with Lionel Mpasi needing six saves at the other end to keep it that close. They followed it with a 2-0 win over Marseille at home, Paris Brunner scoring in each half against a side that kept 65% of the ball and did nothing useful with it.

The Parc des Princes was different from those two only in one respect: it was the first time all season Monaco had conceded first. Marquinhos put PSG ahead at 31', and for the first time since August, Monaco were chasing a game rather than managing one. They still won it, on four shots to PSG's 23 and less than a third of the possession — the same low-possession, high-efficiency formula that beat Le Havre and Marseille, just from behind this time instead of in front.

Match facts

• 31' — Marquinhos (PSG)
• 58' — F. Jacinto Dos Názinho (Monaco)
• 72' — S. Idumbo Muzambo (Monaco)

What's next

PSG stay 14th on 2 points after three matchdays, well off the pace they are used to setting, with a goal difference of -1 (5 scored, 6 conceded). Monaco move top of Ligue 1 on 9 points from three wins — two clear of Lyon and Paris FC in 2nd and 3rd, who are level with each other on 7 points and only separated by tie-breakers, since both have scored 6 and conceded 2. Matchday 4 is up next for both sides.