Falcao scores hat-trick for rampant Monaco

By Daily Sports on December 11, 2016

Europe’s top scorers, Monaco have now scored 53 goals in just 17 league games, only four fewer than they managed in the whole of last season.

As a result they are now top of the table, above Cote d’Azur rivals Nice on goal difference, with defending champions Paris Saint-Germain four points back in third position.

PSG are at home to Nice in a huge game on Sunday evening at the Parc des Princes.

Monaco have often struggled in Bordeaux down the years but they stunned their hosts by opening the scoring inside 80 seconds as Bernardo Silva set up France full-back Sidibe to find the net with a low finish across goalkeeper Jerome Prior.

It was 2-0 soon after when Prior tried to palm out a low cross from Valere Germain but the ball ricocheted off Falcao and into the net.

Any hopes Bordeaux harboured of a comeback in the second half were nipped in the bud as Monaco made it 3-0 on the breakaway in the 50th minute.

Thomas Lemar’s long ball found Germain and he squared for Falcao, who took a touch before stabbing home.

The Colombian was handed the chance to complete his hat-trick from the penalty spot just after the hour mark when Nicolas Pallois petulantly threw Silva to the ground inside the box.

Falcao stepped up to score the resulting penalty, taking his tally for the season to 10 goals in 11 league games and 14 goals in all competitions in what is a remarkable renaissance.

Bordeaux’s misery was completed when Algerian prospect Ounas was sent off for kicking out at Sidibe after fouling the Monaco man.

Earlier, Bafetimbi Gomis scored his eighth goal of the season late in the game as Marseille won 2-1 away at Dijon to register a first away victory of the campaign. Maxime Lopez, 19, scored his first professional goal to put OM in front early on but ex-Newcastle United midfielder Mehdi Abeid had equalised for Dijon towards the end.

That match had been postponed on Friday evening due to thick fog in Burgundy and fog forced the postponement of the encounter between Nantes and Caen scheduled for later on Saturday. (AFP)

•Photo shows Monaco’s hot shot Falcao

Source Daily Sports

Posted December 11, 2016


 

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