Strasbourg vs Monaco. French Ligue 1.
Stade de la MeinauAttendance23,814.
Strasbourg 1
- S Bahoken (19th minute)
Monaco 3
- S Jovetic (5th minute)
- M Lopes (21st minute)
- Fabinho (41st minute)
Strasbourg 1-3 Monaco: Leonardo Jardim's side make it 14 unbeaten with comfortable victory
Friday 9 March 2018 22:03, UK
Reigning champions Monaco stretched their unbeaten run in Ligue 1 to 14 games with a 3-1 victory over Strasbourg.
The visitors had the points in the bag by half-time thanks to goals from Stevan Jovetic, Rony Lopes and Fabinho.
Strasbourg briefly levelled through Stephane Bahoken but they remain three points above the relegation zone following a fourth league match without a win.
It took Monaco just five minutes to open the scoring, Jovetic glancing a header beyond Alexandre Oukidja from Djibril Sidibe's superb right-wing cross.
Strasbourg were back in it after Jonas Martin's deflected shot was turned home by Bahoken in the 19th minute.
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But Monaco restored their lead two minutes later when Balde Keita's cutback was pushed out by Oukidja to Lopes who swivelled and powered a shot into the bottom corner.
And Leonardo Jardim's second-placed side effectively secured the victory that moved them to within 11 points of leaders Paris St Germain through Fabinho's deflected strike four minutes before the break.
