How do you see Monaco's journey so far? Wouldn't it be quite surprising if they were able to occupy the top of the standings in week 8. Moreover, since the start of the season they have only experienced 1 defeat and at that time the team that managed to beat them was Nice, who are currently just below Monaco. Could Monaco be PSG's toughest competitor this season? considering that it is no longer possible for Lens to compete with PSG again like last season. However, we know that PSG is currently trying to take their place from Monaco and therefore they cannot waste any match and must be more consistent to win.
Monaco performance was quite impressive this season and at least until week 8 Monaco can occupy first place but their position is far from secure because distance points between them with Nice is only 1 point so if they lose for next match i think other team can overtake their current position and indeed if we compared to their performance to last season Monaco much better this season seems Monaco new manager Adi Hütter has bringing positive impact to this team
Monaco has successfully to improved their weaknesses and some of new players just like Folarin Balogun and Denis Zakaria can adapt quickly with the team besides that do not forget the performance of Minamino under new manager also has been increases rapidly so in my opinion these one of causes why Monaco can able to performing well and occupy first place on standings league but Monaco has the biggest weaknesses that they have a problem with their consistency because i still remember last season they almost finish at european zone but Monaco was unable to performing well and lose several times which makes their position was overtaked by Lille at the end of season and this became an Adi Hütter jobs to make Monaco more consistent this season
If I'm not mistaken Takumi Minamino is a former Liverpool player and I didn't expect that he is now at Monaco. His move to Monaco occurred last season and with his mature age and having previously helped Liverpool in the 20/21 season, his experience will certainly be very helpful for Monaco's midfield. If you look at his contribution so far from last season, the difference is quite big and Takumi Minamino looks like he will be an important player for Monaco over the next few seasons. For Folarin Balogun I think he is still not tuned in with Monaco because he often misses golden opportunities and for Denis Zakaria I think he is good enough so far.
Again, if you look at the difference, it is very narrow from Nice and the only thing Monaco can maintain is to continue winning the existing matches and hope that some of the teams below them slip up in the future. Now for any team it is very difficult to maintain its position and even PSG is actually having quite a difficult time this season even though they have a squad quality that is superior to other teams.