A heroic Philippe Köhn is your MVP against Le Havre!
He was the big man of the 12th round of play for AS Monaco. In a match that was hard-fought but in need of saves against a dangerous Le Havre side Philipp Köhn knew how to get the job done. And even in the first minute, since he was called into action on a shot across goal from Loïc Nego at the start of the match (7′).
Great anticipation to deny Alioui
Well protected by Guillermo Maripán (41′), he would then experience a lively second half. He had to indeed be vigilant on an attempt by Antoine Joujou from the edge of the area (50′). Then immediately it was the same in a one-on-one with the attacker trained at the Academy, Nabil Alioui, whose intention to slot the ball home was perfectly read (53′)! The Swiss goalkeeper was then a little less worried about a long shot from Abdoulaye Touré (61′).
Decisive on the winning penalty!
On the other hand, he needed a lot of calm to manage the last moments of the game, on a penalty awarded by Mr. Leonard, which another former Monegasque, Samuel Grandsir, was responsible for taking. We then played into the 100th minute, and Philipp got down perfectly to keep out the Le Havre winger’s shot! It was the final action of a match that was in doubt until the very end, and ultimately finished as a 0-0 draw.
𝟵𝟬'+𝟵, Philipp Köhn sort le grand jeu 😍🧤@AS_Monaco I #HACASM pic.twitter.com/ZRWUaIpOU8
— Ligue 1 Uber Eats (@Ligue1UberEats) November 13, 2023
A stone’s throw from l’Équipe’s Team of the Round!
But the man of the match was ready, especially since he has just brought his team a second clean sheet in a row. Incidentally, our number 16 has just made the first save by a Monegasque goalkeeper from a penalty since… February 24, 2019, notes Opta! Credited with a rating of 8 in the sports daily L’Équipe, he narrowly missed being present in the team of the round because of the massive performance by Gianluigi Donnarumma against Reims.
No matter, with 5 decisive saves and an 88% pass completion rate, he won 61% of the votes from Rouge et Blanc fans on the AS Monaco App, just ahead of Aleksandr Golovin (23%), who was MVP of the last three matches. Daghe Philipp! 🧤
Décisif dans le temps additionnel pour permettre à son équipe de prendre un point ce soir, Philipp Köhn a réagi après la rencontre 👊🧤
‣ #HACASM pic.twitter.com/cI5z2XYXwU
— AS Monaco 🇲🇨 (@AS_Monaco) November 11, 2023
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🏆 2023-2024 MVP Recap
First half:
- Ligue 1 – Matchday 1: Clermont Foot 2-4 AS Monaco: Wissam Ben Yedder (1)
- Ligue 1 – Matchday 2: AS Monaco 3-0 RC Strasbourg: Takumi Minamino (1)
- Ligue 1 – Matchday 3: FC Nantes 3-3 AS Monaco: Takumi Minamino (2)
- Ligue 1 – Matchday 4: AS Monaco 3-0 RC Lens: Aleksandr Golovin (1)
- Ligue 1 – Matchday 5: FC Lorient 2-2 AS Monaco: Aleksandr Golovin (2)
- Ligue 1 – Matchday 6: AS Monaco 0-1 OGC Nice: Aleksandr Golovin (3)
- Ligue 1 – Matchday 7: AS Monaco 3-2 Olympique de Marseille: Maghnes Akliouche (1)
- Ligue 1 – Matchday 8: Stade de Reims 1-3 AS Monaco: Ismail Jakobs (1)
- Ligue 1 – Matchday 9: AS Monaco 2-1 FC Metz: Aleksandr Golovin (4)
- Ligue 1 – Matchday 10: Lille 2-0 AS Monaco: Aleksandr Golovin (5)
- Ligue 1 – Matchday 11 : AS Monaco 2-0 Stade Brestois: Aleksandr Golovin (6)
- Ligue 1 – Matchday 13: Le Havre 0-0 AS Monaco: Philipp Köhn (1)
