(Ligue 1 2023/2024): Highlights MONTPELLIER - MONACO

Hadi Uttar and his Monaco side have the chance to wrap up second place and therefore direct qualification for the new Champions League format. They face the Montpellier side no longer in fear of relegation sitting comfortably in mid-table but without suspended captain Deji Savanieh with an even bigger uphill struggle though Monaco's finishing at least in the first half was it quite up to scratch Dimitri Berto still in for the injured Benjamin Lecomte brilliantly to deny the Monaco captain good space on the edge of the area Ben Seguir would have hoped to have done better with the effort Monaco the opponent against whom Montpellier have suffered the most defeats in a league and not helped with their captain in the stands watching over with his family his boyhood side and then when things just aren't going your way they end up in the back of the net a huge moment the young defender Kousa Ouattara first ever goal in Ligue 1 Everest the first professional one at that the former Amiens defender that coming in just his seventh start for the club things started to open up a second would soon follow just 13 minutes after the first Youssef Oufana with a brilliant finish ending the fine work from Magnus at Cluj the youngster assist and then looking for his own goal but a fabulous one-handed save from Berto kept the score at two nil in the end that was more than enough Monaco celebrated wildly Monaco finishing second behind Paris Saint-Germain with Montpellier disappointing last home game of the season