The insatiable MikaGOAL is MVP of the win in Angers!
He continues to find the net in Ligue 1! And for the first time, he did so away from the Stade Louis-II! As AS Monaco chased a first away victory of 2025, Mika Biereth took it upon himself to lead his teammates to three points once again, to the point of being named MVP of the match by the fans.
In top form — or almost! 🦊
However, it took a long time to unlock this game of Matchday 26 in Angers at the Stade Raymond-Kopa. It was in fact in the final quarter of an hour of the match that Monaco’s victory would become clear.
But before that, the Dane created his first big chance with a cross shot that Yahia Fofana deflected just wide of the post (28′). He would then create two more chances (38′, 60′), but neither would find the net.
Clinical to open the scoring! 🎯
So it was finally just before added time that the Monegasque serial scorer finally broke Angers’ resistance, with a pinpoint cross from… Caio Henrique – who had already provided an assist for Mika against Reims – which he would cleverly finish with two touches (0-1, 77′) !
It was an eleventh goal in Ligue 1 for the newly-minted Danish international, once again decisive with the Rouge et Blanc, on a 31st assist for the Brazilian in the top flight, and his fourth in the last seven matches.
Service millimétré 🪄
Finition clinique 🥶L'ouverture du score de Mika Biereth face à Angers 🔝🇩🇰
‣ #SCOASM pic.twitter.com/N4JalrQSZe
— AS Monaco 🇲🇨 (@AS_Monaco) March 17, 2025
Another chapter in the history of Ligue 1 🎞️
As a result, in addition to a solid performance (3 shots, 9 ball touches in the box, 1 goal), the number 14 became the fastest player to exceed 10 goals (11) in Ligue 1 over the last 75 seasons (9 matches), according to Opta. He was also the first to score 11 goals in his first season in the top flight having arrived in the league in January since Hugo Curioni with FC Nantes in 1973-1974 (14).
…And among the top scorers in Europe! 🏅
But as records never come alone, MikaGOAL is also the first to score 11 goals after his first nine Ligue 1 matches since Dick Van Dijk in 1972 (11), again according to the statistics provider. It’s quite simple: since his debut with AS Monaco on January 17th, the Dane is the top scorer in Europe’s Big 5 leagues behind Ousmane Dembélé (12).
It was therefore only natural to see him win his fourth match MVP award with the Rouge et Blanc, with over 90% of the votes from Monaco fans on the AS Monaco App. Bravo Mika! 🏆
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🏆 2024-2025 MVP Recap
Second half:
- Coupe de France – Round of 32: Stade de Reims 1-1 (3-1 penalties) AS Monaco: Mohammed Salisu (1)
- Ligue 1 – Matchday 18: Montpellier 2-1 AS Monaco: Thilo Kehrer (2)
- Champions League – Matchday 7: AS Monaco 1-0 Aston Villa: Wilfried Singo (3)
- Champions League – Matchday 8: Inter Milan 3-0 AS Monaco: Radoslaw Majecki (2)
- Ligue 1 – Matchday 19: AS Monaco 3-2 Stade Rennais: Maghnes Akliouche (5)
- Ligue 1 – Matchday 20: AS Monaco 4-2 AJ Auxerre: Mika Biereth (1)
- Ligue 1 – Matchday 21: Paris Saint-Germain 4-1 AS Monaco: Denis Zakaria (4)
- Champions League – Playoffs First Leg: AS Monaco 0-1 Benfica: Krépin Diatta (1)
- Ligue 1 – Matchday 22: AS Monaco 7-1 FC Nantes: Mika Biereth (2)
- Champions League – Playoffs Second Leg: Benfica 3-3 AS Monaco: Maghnes Akliouche (6)
- Ligue 1 – Matchday 23: Lille 2-1 AS Monaco: Takumi Minamino (3)
- Ligue 1 – Matchday 24: AS Monaco 3-0 Reims: Mika Biereth (3)
- Ligue 1 – Matchday 25: Toulouse FC 1-1 AS Monaco: Takumi Minamino (4)
- Ligue 1 – Matchday 26: Angers SCO 0-2 AS Monaco: Mika Biereth (4)
