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Laurent Blanc insists champions PSG not letting up after home loss

Paris Saint-German boss Laurent Blanc insisted his side were not in party mood as they were brought down to earth with a 2-0 home defeat to Monaco.

PSG wrapped up the Ligue 1 title last week but they faltered in front of their home supporters for the first time since May 2014 as goals from Wagner Love and Fabinho won the game for Monaco.

"I do not feel that there was a party tonight, the title we will celebrate when the receive the trophy at the last day," Blanc said in a press conference.

"In the first half we created many chances, we controlled the game against a very defensive team. We could have opened the scoring, we did, but the referee decided otherwise.

"These are things that happen.

"In the second half, Monaco took advantage of the spaces. On both goals there are things to complain about.

"My team did a good first period, but it is the team that played the most defensively who won."

Monaco midfielder Jeremy Toulalan said his side's defensive work laid the foundations of the win.

"It might be a good time to play PSG," he said. "Some may say that Paris were elsewhere.

"It matters little, we did what we had to do. We recovered more balls in the second period, we have been more effective.

"We were there to get a result and it smiled.

"We knew we would not have possession, so we applied ourselves to do good defensive work, to be on top of the set pieces. Tactically, we were good. And fortunately, Paris missed their opportunities."