Angers bounce back to form with stunning rout of Monaco

Angers closed the gap on second-placed Monaco to two points with an impressive 3-0 win over Leonardo Jardim's side at the Stade Jean Bouin.A first-half Cheikh N'Doye brace set the resolute hosts on their way to preventing a third successive league defeat before Mohamed Yattara wrapped up the points early in the second half.Danijel Subasic was the first keeper to be called into action on 15 minutes when he turned Billy Ketkeophomphone's dangerous effort from distance away.However, the Monaco stopper was picking the ball out of the net four minutes later when Romain Thomas' header came back off the post before N'Doye pounced on the rebound give Angers an early advantage.The hosts continued to look the more dangerous in the opening 45 minutes and Subasic was called upon twice late on, firstly turning Gilles Sunu's effort from a tight angle away before keeping out another Ketkeophomphone shot from distance.His effort proved in vain though as Angers doubled their lead just before the break when N'Doye added his second of the game, bundling home Ketkeophomphone's effort after Sunu had initially hit the crossbar.And Angers all but wrapped up the three points with only 10 minutes played in the second half when N'Doye's mishit from Sunu's cross fell kindly for Yattara to steer the ball home.Monaco threw on debutant Vagner Love shortly after but it was team-mate Guido Carrillo who went closest for the visitors, only to be denied from close range by Alexandre Letellier.And that was about as good as it got for Monaco, who suffered their first league defeat since early November.