Thilo "money time" Kehrer is your MVP and POTM after the win in Bologna
“I could imagine myself with this man of the match trophy”, he said with a smile post-match in the mixed zone. On Tuesday night, Thilo Kehrer was in fact voted best player of the match by UEFA after the a victory acquired in the last minutes away to Bologna (0-1), during the 4th matchday of the Champions League, a victory to which the German contributed greatly since he scored the only goal of the game.
A “fox in the box” goal
It was a real striker’s goal, in “Pippo Inzaghi” mode! Already a scorer at Auxerre and Rennes, the defender knows how to sniff out good shots from corners. Indeed, thanks to the set piece delivered by Aleksandr Golovin, and knocked on by Breel Embolo, the defender, unmarked in the area, read perfectly the trajectory of the ball to score the winning goal in the last minutes of the game (0-1, 87′).
La rage de Thilo 😤😤😤
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— AS Monaco 🇲🇨 (@AS_Monaco) November 5, 2024
His first goal in the Champions League
The German also scored the first goal of his career in the Champions League. And as Opta points out, Thilo was involved in two goals in his last two Champions League matches with the club from the Principality (1 goal and 1 assist against Belgrade), while he had never been decisive in his first 22 in the competition (20 matches with Paris-SG, 2 with Monaco).
A complementary duo with Wilfried
He was also the author of a high-flying performance at the heart of the central defense with his partner Wilfried Singo, keeping a clean sheet, as he stood out for his clearances (4), his interceptions (2), his duels won (3 out of 6) and his 42 successful passes out of 54 attempted (78%).
As for his Ivorian teammate, he won 9 of the 12 duels played and was close to opening the scoring in the first half, also from a corner, but his goal was disallowed for a foul following contact with the goalkeeper (19′), before making a superb defensive tackle on Santiago Castro (50′).
Awared a 7 in L’Équipe, MVP and POTM 🥇
It was therefore a very impressive performance for the German and a goal which would condemn the Bolognese to defeat (0-1). Credited with a 7 in the newspaper L’Équipe, like Wilfried Singo and Soungoutou Magassa, the central defender was also named POTM by UEFA as well as MVP of the match by you, the fans on the AS Monaco App with 64% of the vote, ahead of Singo (24%) and Maghnes Akliouche (6%). Bravo Thilo! 🏆
𝗣𝗢𝗧𝗠, évidemment 🏆
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— AS Monaco 🇲🇨 (@AS_Monaco) November 5, 2024
🏆 2024-2025 MVP Recap
First half:
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- Ligue 1 – Matchday 1 : AS Monaco 1-0 AS Saint-Etienne: Takumi Minamino (1)
- Ligue 1 – Matchday 2: Olympique Lyonnais 0–2 AS Monaco: Eliesse Ben Seghir (1)
- Ligue 1 – Matchday 3: AS Monaco 1-1 RC Lens: Denis Zakaria (1)
- Ligue 1 – Matchday 4: AJ Auxerre 0-3 AS Monaco: Denis Zakaria (2)
- Champions League – Matchday 1: AS Monaco 2-1 FC Barcelona: Maghnes Akliouche (1)
- Ligue 1 – Matchday 5: AS Monaco 3-1 Le Havre: Eliesse Ben Seghir (2)
- Ligue 1 – Matchday 6: AS Monaco 2-1 Montpellier: Lamine Camara (1)
- Champions League – Matchday 2: Dinamo Zagreb 2-2 AS Monaco: Denis Zakaria (3)
- Ligue 1 – Matchday 7: Stade Rennais 1-2 AS Monaco: Eliesse Ben Seghir (3)
- Ligue 1 – Matchday 8 : AS Monaco 0-0 Lille = Eliesse Ben Seghir (4)
- Champions League – Matchday 3: AS Monaco 5-1 Red Star Belgrade: Takumi Minamino (2)
- Ligue 1 – Matchday 9: OGC Nice 2-1 AS Monaco: Breel Embolo (1)
- Ligue 1 – Matchday 10: AS Monaco 0-1 Angers SCO: Wilfried Singo (1)
- Champions League – Matchday 4: Bologna FC 0-1 AS Monaco = Thilo Kehrer (1)
