Irresistible Monaco blows away Marseille
Paris - Monaco kept up its outstanding recent form as Valere Germain scored twice in a 4-0 win over Marseille in the Mediterranean principality on Saturday.
Gabriel Boschilia opened the scoring from a free-kick before Germain added two more of his own as Monaco put the game to bed before half-time, with substitute Guido Carrillo putting the gloss on the result at the death.
The result comes four days after Monaco beat Tottenham 2-1 to secure qualification for the last 16 as the winner of its Champions League group.
It was a fifth straight win in all competitions for Monaco and Europe's most prolific side kept up its remarkable scoring record - it's banging in the goals at an average of just over three per game in Ligue 1 this season.
Leonardo Jardim's men go provisionally top of the table on goal difference from Cote d'Azur rival Nice, which can move back to the summit when it hosts Bastia on Sunday.
Defending champion Paris Saint-Germain can also move level on points with Monaco if it wins away to Lyon on Sunday evening.
Monaco's starting line-up showed just two changes to the team that had dispatched Spurs at the same Stade Louis II on Tuesday, with Boschilia and Andrea Raggi coming in for Thomas Lemar and the injured Benjamin Mendy.
Brazilian prospect Boschilia opened the scoring midway through the first half when he curled a superb free-kick on his left foot beyond the reach of Yohann Pele and into the top-right corner of the net for his fourth goal of the season.
Germain - whose father Bruno played for Marseille two decades ago - doubled the home side's lead when he headed in after a brilliant Bernardo Silva assist.
And Germain struck again six minutes from half-time, curling a shot beyond the reach of Pele after good play down the right by Djibril Sidibe.
A shell-shocked Marseille, with its new American owner Frank McCourt watching on, had no answer, and Monaco secured its record win over OM when it netted again in injury time.
Pele stretched to keep out a Germain chip, but Argentine striker Carrillo, who had replaced Radamel Falcao, converted the rebound to make it four.
Marseille has won just once, and scored just twice, in five league games under new coach Rudi Garcia, and remains in mid-table.