Saturday, December 10, 2016

Falcao hat trick helps free-scoring Monaco up to 1st place (The Associated Press)

Monaco's head coach Leonardo Jardim attends the Champions League, group E, soccer match between Bayer 04 Leverkusen and AS Monaco in Leverkusen, Germany, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

French league leader Monaco continued its rampant scoring form as Radamel Falcao netted a hat trick in a 4-0 win away to Bordeaux on Saturday. The win moved the Principality side to the top of the league on goal difference - with an emphatic emphasis on goals: 53 so far. It is the second highest tally in French football after 17 league matches since RC Paris netted 55 in 1959.


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