PSG v Monaco – PSG player ratings: Kvaratskhelia top, Safonov bottom | OneFootball

On Friday at the Parc des Princes, Paris Saint-Germain lost 1-2 to Monaco (PSG/Monaco video highlights) on Matchday 3 of the 2026-2027 Ligue 1 season. Here are the ratings given by Le Parisien and L’Équipe to the capital club’s players (find ours here). 

Le Parisien:

L’Équipe:

Dominance wasted in the decisive areas

PSG had the ball, the chances, and the lead thanks to Marquinhos, set up by Kvaratskhelia in the 31st minute. And yet they never really gave the impression of having fully put the game to bed. Monaco waited for two openings after the break to turn around a match largely controlled by Paris, but very poorly managed in the key moments.

Plenty of movement, but still missing the final touch

Kvaratskhelia quite logically tops both sets of ratings. His decisive cross, constant activity, and two dangerous shots made him Paris’s most consistent threat. Around him, Akliouche and Doué played their part in a fairly attractive attacking display, without managing to finish. The numbers sum up the frustration: 23 shots, 10 on target, but only one goal against an Hradecky who made nine saves. The substitutes kept up the siege, and Dembélé even had two big chances, but without providing the finishing touch that had already been missing from the starters.

Control disappeared after the equalizer

Zaïre-Emery’s strong display on the left and Ruiz’s activity contributed to PSG’s solid first hour. The midfield moved the ball well and won it back high up the pitch, but it failed to regain control after Nazinho’s goal. On the decisive move, Zakaria’s long run and then the pass out to Idumbo showed a team suddenly too open and unable to stop the transition before it reached their box.

Two mistakes that overshadow everything else

Safonov’s very low ratings are hard to argue with: his positioning made the equalizer easier, then he was beaten from a tight angle. Pacho’s fall and Hakimi’s passivity also weighed heavily, while Marquinhos saw his goal almost wiped out by his failed intervention in front of Idumbo. The gap of just 0.32 points between the average ratings sums up the paradox well: the overall team performance was not bad as a whole, but the mistakes were far too costly. The 3 given to Luis Enrique seems harsh, even if his substitutions corrected neither the defensive fragility nor the lack of finishing.

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