Mbappe, Moutinho earn Monaco a five-point lead in Ligue 1

Paris March 12 (IANS) Teenager sensation Kylian Mbappe and Portuguese midfielder Joao Moutinho helped Monaco to keep five points clear on the Ligue 1 top position as they overcame Bordeaux 2-1 at home.

The 18-year-old Mbappe had his 10th league goal of the season in the 68th minute on Radamel Falcao s assist before Moutinho doubled the lead six minutes later with a brilliant curling shot outside the box on Saturday reports Xinhua news agency.

However the French league leader who tallied 123 goals in all competitions so far this season still suffered a leak defence to hand Bordeaux striker Diego Rolan one goal back.

Moutinho then collected Bernardo Silva s pass and finished a superb shot 25 meters away into the top left corner of the goal before the visitors got one back as Monaco goalkeeper Danijel Subasic failed in a one-on-one encounter against Rolan and the latter put the ball into an empty net.

Monaco sat atop with a five-point lead over second-ranked Nice who drew 2-2 with Caen on Friday. Defending champions Paris Saint-Germain could cut Monaco s margin to three points with a Sunday s road victory over bottom side Lorient.

Elsewhere Guingamp crushed Bastia 5-0 moving up from 11th to eighth. Montpellier lost to Nantes 3-2 Nancy lost to Lille 2-1 and Rennes tied Dijon at 1-1.

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