Monaco coach Adi Hutter said his team was “simply not competitive enough” after they missed the chance to climb back up to second place in Ligue 1 as it lost 2-1 at home to Toulouse on Sunday.
Toulouse opened the scoring in the 41st minute when captain Vincent Sierro caught Monaco goalkeeper Philipp Kohn out of position on a free-kick.
Monaco leveled just after the restart through Maghnes Akliouche but failed to capitalize on a host of other chances.
Center forward Folarin Balogun was the main culprit. The American fluffed an early one-on-one with goalkeeper Guillaume Restes and then squandered another golden opportunity from close range after being set up by Thilo Kehrer.
Toulouse made Monaco pay in the 70th minute when a corner fell for defender Logan Costa to fire in.
“We’ve had too many ups and downs this season,” said Hutter whose team have taken just one point from their last four home matches. “We took 23 shots. But it’s not acceptable to concede goals like that. You can analyse things and talk about tactics but we’re simply not competitive enough.”
Defeat meant Monaco dropped to fifth place on 38 points, below Lille, which beat Le Havre 3-0 on Saturday, and one point behind Nice, which slipped to a 1-0 loss at Lyon on Friday.
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