Monaco hit four to stay in PSG chase

Published December 17, 2017
SAINT ETIENNE: Monaco’s Radamel Falcao (L) vies with 
St Etienne’s Habib Maiga during the Ligue 1 match at the Geoffroy Guichard Stadium.—AFP
SAINT ETIENNE: Monaco’s Radamel Falcao (L) vies with St Etienne’s Habib Maiga during the Ligue 1 match at the Geoffroy Guichard Stadium.—AFP

PARIS: Reigning French champions Monaco eased past struggling St Etienne 4-0 on Friday to stay on Paris St Germain’s tail with the highly coveted Fabinho and Thomas Lemar among the scorers.

Djibril Sidibe curled in the opener after Keita Balde shot was blocked and Thomas Lemar — the target of a bid by Arsenal in the summer — scored on 32 minutes after weaving through the St Etienne defence.

Fabinho, who told the club this week he wants to leave, tapped in the third in the second half before Keita put the icing on the cake with a piercing shot on 60 minutes at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, where there were row after row of empty seats.

The victory put Monaco provisionally six points behind PSG. St Etienne are hovering just above the relegation zone.

“It was a great night,” Monaco coach Leonardo Jardim said. “We finished our chances well and we could have scored more goals if we had been more clinical.”

Published in Dawn, December 17th, 2017

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