Monaco suffered yet another poor result in the Champions League as Besiktas came from behind to maintain their 100% record in Group G.
Cenk Tosun scored twice as Besiktas made it three wins from three in Group G of the Champions League and piled pressure on Monaco with a 2-1 win at the Stade Louis II.
The visitors were a little unlucky to have a goal ruled out for offside early on and then saw Pepe escape a red card for a foul on Keita Balde when he was the last man.
Monaco duly moved ahead through Radamel Falcao on the half-hour, but the lead lasted just four minutes before Tosun’s header made it 1-1.
Tosun added a second nine minutes after the break to maintain his side’s perfect start to the competition. Monaco, semi-finalists last season, now have just one point from three games and face an uphill battle to qualify from a group that also features Porto and RB Leipzig.
Besiktas started the game confidently, looking very much like a side that won their opening two matches, and had the ball in the back of the net early on.
Balde was dispossessed on the edge of the Besiktas box, allowing the visitors to break. Tosun’s shot then deflected into the path of Ryan Babel, who slotted home only for the goal to be ruled out for offside.
A curling free-kick from Thomas Lemar forced Besiktas goalkeeper Fabri into a fine one-handed save at the other end, after Pepe had perhaps been fortunate only to receive a yellow card for bringing down a surging Balde.
The chances continued to flow, Danijel Subasic diving low to save from Besiktas’ Atiba Hutchinson before Falcao fired a scuffed shot into the side-netting for Monaco.
The deadlock was eventually broken just after the half-hour mark. Another Balde charge ended with him slipping in Falcao, who cut inside, beating Pepe, before poking past Fabri.
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