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Ligue 1: Balotelli sends Nice top
- Updated: September 21, 2016
Mario Balotelli continued his flying start to life in Ligue 1 with a brace as Nice thrashed Monaco to leapfrog the early front-runners at the top of the table.
The Italy striker scored twice on his debut against Marseille and repeated the trick in Nice’s impressive 4-0 victory on Wednesday.
Paul Baysse’s 17th-minute opener had set the hosts on their way to inflicting a first defeat of the season on the principality side before Alassane Plea rounded off a successful evening for Les Aiglons late on.
Bordeaux climbed up the table and into fourth place with a 3-0 victory at Metz.
Brazilian forward Malcom gave Les Girondins the lead after 37 minutes. Gaetan Laborde doubled the visitors’ lead in the second half before Kiese Thelin’s penalty five minutes …
