Kylian Mbappe felt Monaco paid the price for missed chances in their Champions League semi-final defeat to Juventus.
Monaco went down to a 2-0 first-leg home loss, Gonzalo Higuain scoring both goals for the visitors.
Leonardo Jardim s men had made a bright start to the match, Mbappe twice being denied by Gianluigi Buffon prior to Higuain s opener.
Radamel Falcao and substitute Valere Germain were also thwarted by Buffon after the break and Mbappe felt his side s failure to be clinical proved decisive as Juve took advantage of the fewer chances they had.
We lacked a little bit of experience, but most importantly of all we weren t clinical enough in front of goal, Mbappe was quoted as saying by UEFA.
We created a lot of chances and just didn t take them. On the other hand, Juventus had two clear chances and scored two goals. We have to learn from this.
Buffon made a couple of good saves in the match. Hopefully we can score in the second leg.
It was a good experience for us. We work every day to play against big players and this will allow us to progress quicker.
. Mbappé: We created a lot of chances and didn t take them. They had two clear chances and scored two goals. We must learn from this.
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Mbappe s team-mates Fabinho and Bernardo Silva both stressed the tie was not yet over ahead of next Tuesday s second leg in Turin.
Fabinho said: They were better and deserved the win. Still, we are going to give everything in the return.
You can never completely write us off given our attack.
0 Monaco have failed to score at Louis-II for the first time in all comps since November 2015, in EL v Anderlecht (0-2). Failure.
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Silva added: It was not easy to find space against one of the best teams in Europe. It will be very difficult now but nothing is impossible.
