Volkswacht Bodensee - Monaco beat Marseille to go top, Rosenior's Paris FC thump Nice

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Monaco beat Marseille to go top, Rosenior's Paris FC thump Nice
Monaco beat Marseille to go top, Rosenior's Paris FC thump Nice / Photo: © AFP

Monaco beat Marseille to go top, Rosenior's Paris FC thump Nice

Monaco stormed to the top of Ligue 1 with a 2-0 win over Marseille on Sunday as former Chelsea boss Lionel Rosenior led his new charges Paris FC to a 3-0 home thumping of Nice.

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German Paris Brunner scored both goals as Monaco maintained the only remaining perfect record in Ligue 1 after two matches.

The 20-year-old opened the scoring on 13 minutes with a header from captain Aleksandr Golovin's cross from the right.

Nine minutes after half-time, he cut inside Marseille centre-backs Geoffrey Kondogbia and CJ Egan-Riley before shooting past goalkeeper Jeffrey De Lange.

In the capital, newly-recruited Malian striker Lassine Sinayoko broke the deadlock from the penalty-spot on 20 minutes.

Samir Chergui doubled that after a blistering counter-attack after 51 minutes, while Vincent Marchetti pounced on a loose ball late on to make it 3-0 to PFC.

Former Strasbourg boss Rosenior was brought back to France following his torrid experience at Chelsea by the multi-billionaire Arnault family, owners of the Louis Vuitton brand and Paris FC.

After opening the season with a goalless draw at Troyes, the win lifted PFC into second place.

A brace from Esteban Lepaul, including a winner from the penalty spot deep into injury-time, helped Rennes up to fifth with a 3-2 win over Le Mans, for whom Louis Mafouta also grabbed two goals.

H.Gerber--VB