Overview
- Monaco led twice through Takumi Minamino’s fifth-minute finish and Folarin Balogun’s strike after a goalkeeping error in the 26th minute.
- Pafos leveled from set pieces, first via an 18th-minute header by David Luiz and then two minutes from time when Ivan Sunjic’s header off the bar deflected in off Mohammed Salisu for an own goal.
- The draw in Kolossi denied Monaco back-to-back away wins in this season’s competition.
- Monaco controlled large spells and pressed early, with Maghnes Akliouche forcing an initial save before supplying the assist for the opener.
- Goalkeepers were influential as Lukas Hradecky produced several important stops and the Pafos keeper thwarted Balogun in a second-half one-on-one.