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02/08 12:59 CST French Riviera blooper: Monaco goalie Khn gets away with mistake against Nice. PSG faces Marseille French Riviera blooper: Monaco goalie Khn gets away with mistake against Nice. PSG faces Marseille By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) --- Monaco got away with a second-half blunder from goalkeeper Philipp Khn to draw 0-0 at Nice in the French Riviera derby on Sunday. Khn stopped the ball going out for a corner but slid and mis-kicked it to attacking midfielder Sofiane Diop on the edge of the penalty area in the 72nd minute. Diop's curling shot was going in until defender Thilo Kehrer acrobatically heeled the ball away near the line. Nice has more fight under new coach Claude Puel, while Sbastien Pocognoli's erratic Monaco side kept a fourth clean sheet in the past five games overall. United States forward Folarin Balogun hit the crossbar for midtable Monaco from close range in the third minute. Later Sunday, defending champion Paris Saint-Germain was looking to reclaim top spot from Lens when it hosted bitter rival Marseille.

Fans closely watched PSG fans will be in the spotlight after last season's match at Parc des Princes was marred by homophobic and racist chanting, with a warning to "stop discriminatory chants" posted on the giant screen. "I don't want any violence, of any kind," PSG coach Luis Enrique said on the eve of the match. French referees have the power to stop play in these circumstances, but referee Clment Turpin did not do so last season despite repeated chanting. In that match, former PSG midfielder Adrien Rabiot and his mother Vronique --- who is also his agent --- were targeted by derogatory chanting and an insulting banner about them was displayed. Rabiot was a Marseille player at the time and has since joined AC Milan. Marseille fans have also been criticized for repeated homophobic chanting at the Vlodrome Stadium. There have been no away fans at each stadium for several years amid fears of violence between rival groups.

Other matches Veteran striker Ciro Immobile drew a blank on his league debut for Paris FC in a 0-0 draw at Auxerre. During the 2019-20 season he finished as the "Capocannoniere" (top scorer) in the Italian league with 36 goals for Lazio and has scored 304 goals overall at club level. Angers moved up to ninth after beating Toulouse 1-0 thanks to a brilliant lob from defender Lilian Raolisoa in the 89th. Le Havre moved up to 13th after winning 2-1 at home to Strasbourg. Le Havre took the lead in the 26th when 17-year-old defender Stephan Zagadou headed in from a corner. Strasbourg defender Ismal Doukour was sent off two minutes later for fouling striker Issa Soumar. After Martial Godo equalized, Soumar netted in the second half. Lens beat Rennes 3-1 on Saturday. ___ AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer