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. German Paris Brunner scored both goals as Monaco maintained the only remaining perfect record in Ligue 1 after two matches.
“Since I joined, he’s been the type of player who expresses himself on the pitch, in training, with goals, pressing, tracking back — he wants to learn,” said Monaco coach Filipe Luis about his match-winner.
Nine minutes after half-time, he cut inside Marseille centre-backs Geoffrey Kondogbia and CJ Egan-Riley before shooting past goalkeeper Jeffrey De Lange. The 20-year-old opened the scoring on 13 minutes with a header from captain Aleksandr Golovin’s cross from the right. In the capital, newly-recruited Malian striker Lassine Sinayoko broke the deadlock from the penalty-spot on 20 minutes. 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.
