Portuguese trio fire classy Monaco second

Monaco still trail runaway leaders Paris Saint Germain, who beat Angers 5-1 Saturday, by 21 points, but climbed three clear of Nice, who had been second overnight after their 2-1 win at Lorient.

"The thing will be to keep a minimum of three points between us and third place until the end of the season," Monaco midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko said after.

The victory put Monaco ten points clear of Lyon and Marseille, who meet at the new Parc OL later Sunday.

Third last season behind PSG and Lyon, Monaco outclassed relegation threatened Toulouse as Argentine Guido Carrillo also got on the scoresheet.

It was the first time the team have scored four this season and they did so with new recruit the Brazilian striker Wagner Love watching from the stands.

"We played well for a change," Monaco's Portuguese handler Leonardo Jardim joked afterwards.

"And we saved a penalty at 2-0 which may have changed the game," Jardim said of Croat 'keeper Danijel Subasic's fine effort to keep out Wissam Ben Yedder spot-kick.

On Saturday, Zlatan Ibrahimovic opened the scoring for PSG at the Parc des Princes with his 17th league goal of the season before Lucas doubled the lead for Laurent Blanc's side just before half-time.

The floodgates then opened after the break with Gregory Van der Wiel rounding off a superb team move for PSG's third, only for Pierrick Capelle to pull one back, but Angel Di Maria then scored twice in the space of four minutes to complete the rout.

Hatem Ben Arfa netted his 10th goal of the season as Nice beat Lorient 2-1 while on Friday new Rennes coach Rolland Courbis oversaw their first home win in ten matches - 1-0 over Gazelec-Ajaccio - as they climbed to fourth.

Troyes finally registered their first win of the season after coming from behind to win 3-1 at Lille, with Bordeaux rallying late on to draw 2-2 at Nantes.