Football: Monaco's winless run continues in Le Mans

AS Monaco's winless run in Ligue 1 continued in Le Mans on Sunday (1-1), with Erwan Colas' late equaliser denying the Principality club their first league win since September. As we have become accustomed to, we saw both versions of this Monaco team this week.

In Europe, Filipe Luís' side continue to obtain results. Three wins in three games in the Conference League leave Les Monégasques in a "comfortable" position, according to Luís.

That is in contrast to their standing in Ligue 1, increasingly uncomfortable and a source of growing frustration. At the start of this winless run, which now stretches to five matches and all the way back to 18th September, Monaco were top of the table.

At best, they will head into this international break in sixth. Scoring goals is a burgeoning problem.

Paris Brunner's electric start-of-season form has tailed off, with dramatic consequences for the Principality club. Matthis Abline failed to step up in Le Mans, putting in an anonymous performance.

Folarin Balogun, his replacement in the second half, didn't do much better, whilst Brunner, also a substitute at the start of the encounter, struggled. Balogun, Brunner, Minamino fail to provide attacking momentum Monaco were gifted the lead, however.

Harold Voyer's pass back to Nicolas Kocik was overhit. The goalkeeper, who moments prior had gone down with a muscular injury, couldn't control it and allowed Mamadou Coulibaly to steal in.

Having won the duel and with the ball rolling towards the goal, he didn't even need to apply a finish. It was a similar story thereafter.

You didn't even need to hear Luís' post-match comments to know what he was going to say. "In the second half, we pushed less," said captain Denis Zakaria.