Bordeaux and St-Étienne stay perfect
Sunday, August 17, 2014
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FC Girondins de Bordeaux and AS Saint-Étienne are the only Ligue 1 teams left with 100% records following respective comeback wins against AS Monaco FC and Stade de Reims.
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• An attacking FC Girondins de Bordeaux side made light of Dimitar Berbatov's opening goal to sweep aside AS Monaco FC 4-1.
• Diego Rolán struck twice for Bordeaux after the break as Willy Sagnol's men moved joint top with AS Saint-Étienne.
• St-Étienne are the only other team with two wins from two games after responding to Loïc Perrin's first-half own goal at home to Stade de Reims.
• Mevlüt Erdinç grabbed his third effort of the campaign for Les Verts, following strikes by team-mates Max Gradel and Kévin Monnet-Paquet.
• Olympique de Marseille have just one point from two games under new coach Marcelo Bielsa after losing their first match at their newly renovated Stade Vélodrome ground, one of ten UEFA EURO 2016 venues.
• Anthony Mounier lobbed Steve Mandanda to open the scoring for visitors Montpellier Hérault SC, before Morgan Sanson rounded off a counterattack in the second half.
• André-Pierre Gignac had a goal ruled out for the hosts due to a Romain Alessandrini handball.