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Nice
Ligue 1
Feb 20, 2015 at 7.30pm UK
 
Monaco

0-1

FT(HT: 0-0)
Silva (85')

Ten-man Monaco down Nice late on

Bernardo Silva climbs off the bench to fire 10-man Monaco to a dramatic 1-0 win over Nice in the French Riviera derby.

Bernardo Silva struck an 86th-minute winner as 10-man AS Monaco snatched a 1-0 win away to Nice in the French Riviera derby tonight.

Monaco's Portuguese midfielder Silva Bernardo celebrates after scoring a goal during the French L1 football match Nice (OGC Nice) vs Monaco (ASM) on february 20, 2015© Getty Images

Second-half substitute Silva pounced in the final four minutes to seal victory in a game that saw Leonardo Jardim's side play 45 minutes with 10 men, after Aymen Abdennour was sent off.

It took the best part of 17 minutes for the game to throw up a chance, and it came for the hosts as Carlos Eduardo's right-footed shot just missed the post.

Geoffrey Kondogbia could, and perhaps should, have given Monaco a narrow lead after a rare foray forward, but he headed Joao Moutinho's cross agonisingly wide on 26 minutes.

Monaco's Tunisian defender Aymen Abdennour receives a red card during the French L1 football match Nice (OGC Nice) vs Monaco (ASM) on February 20, 2015© Getty Images

The major talking point came right at the end of the half, when Abdennour was sent off on the stroke of half time for a foul on Romain Genevois.

Claude Puel's side emerged from the break determined to capitalise on their numerical advantage and twice came close through Eduardo.

First, the Brazilian saw his goalbound effort expertly tipped away by Danijel Subasic, before the crossbar denied Eduardo on 66 minutes as the hosts continued to toil.

Nice's Belgian midfielder Julien Vercauteren shoots the ball during the French L1 football match Nice (OGC Nice) vs Monaco (ASM) on February 20, 2015© Getty Images

Les Aiglons - without a win in three games - maintained their bid for an opener as Souleymane Diawara then forced Subasic into a flying save with 13 minutes remaining.

They would soon come to rue those missed chances, as Silva saw his left-footed shot sneak into the bottom corner as Les Rouge et Blanc move within eight points of Ligue 1 leaders Lyon.

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2Marseille27154854361849
3MonacoMonaco26145751321947
4Nice26138550311947
5StrasbourgStrasbourg27137745351046
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8Lens2611693129239
9Brest26114113840-237
10Toulouse2697103329434
11Auxerre2688103739-232
12Rennes2692153537-229
13NantesNantes2669112943-1427
14Angers2676132642-1627
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17Saint-EtienneSt Etienne2655162663-3720
18Montpellier HSCMontpellier2543182159-3815


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