Paris Saint-Germain woes go on as they slump to heavy defeat against Monaco in Ligue 1

The pressure is building on Paris Saint-Germain manager Mauricio Pochettino after the Ligue 1 leaders slumped to a 3-0 defeat at Monaco on Sunday.

Less than two weeks ago, PSG crashed out of the Champions League at the last-16 stage to Real Madrid, despite leading 2-0 on aggregate more than halfway through the second leg in Spain.

That resulted in the likes of Lionel Messi and Neymar being booed by PSG fans during their win over Bordeaux last week and Pochettino admitted in the build up to the Monaco game that the blow of the Euro exit was still giving him sleepless nights.

And it looks like the Argentine will be set for another tiring week after his sluggish side were beaten by a Wissam Ben Yedder double that sandwiched a strike by substitute Kevin Volland.

PSG were without Messi, Sergio Ramos, Angel di Maria, Juan Bernat, Layvin Kurzawa and Ander Herrera for the match the Stade Louis II – but could still count on Neymar and Kylian Mbappe for some stardust in their starting XI.

Mbappe provided PSG's only attacking threat in a poor performance, while the ineffective Neymar walked straight down the tunnel after being substituted late on.

“The way we lost is not acceptable at this level of competition. We can't start a game the way we started this one,” said Pochettino.

“We need to get over the Champions league exit, hopefully the international break will help put it behind us.”

With nine matches left to play, PSG still enjoy a 15-point lead at the top of the table and remain on track to equal Saint-Etienne’s record of 10 French league titles.

PSG enjoyed 61 per cent of the possession but were largely toothless in attack and Monco deservedly took the lead in the 25th minute after Youssouf Fofana found space down the right