Lille vs Monaco. French Ligue 1.
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Friday 22 September 2017 22:26, UK
Radamel Falcao scored twice as Monaco thrashed Lille 4-0 to maintain the pressure on Ligue 1 leaders Paris St Germain.
The Colombian was on target after the break, with first-half efforts from Stevan Jovetic and Rachid Ghezzal setting the principality side on their way to a sixth win from seven in the league this term.
Jovetic opened the scoring after 24 minutes when he turned his defender on the edge of the box and fired home a low effort.
Ghezzal doubled Monaco's lead six minutes later when he met Almamy Toure's cross from the right at the back post.
A brilliant run down the left by Rony Lopes three minutes after half-time resulted in the Portugal midfielder's shot being saved by Mike Maignan, but Falcao was on hand to head in the rebound.
And the Colombian added a fourth from the spot with 17 minutes remaining after Brazilian full-back Jorge was brought down inside the area to leave Lille without a win since the opening day of the season.
