VIDEO | Ligue 1 Highlights: Monaco vs St Etienne
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00:00at wellington phoenix in the a-league and we're underway
00:06for the new legal season monaco kicked things off against san setia
00:12the 10-time champions of france the visitors
00:17kick off for the 70th time in legal in their history 70th season
00:23against the monaco side who came second last year
00:34minamino fought van der son early on there's a mugu nicely done and he'll find
00:43it's in zoosy apologies on the left-hand side
00:46it's a good suit bring it right back now here is minamino and bolo on the rights
00:59ben old down the left looking to dazzle legion like he dazzled the a-league last season
01:05danger zone batu bensika was up now it's davitash feely it'll drop for sissoko
01:10still not fully away
01:29abdul hamid decent effort on his camera leaves it now for yakov's
01:37dangerous delivery abdul hamid had to get there and did his experience once again coming in handy
01:44it's no capital looking for ben old got to it first but just a rather heavy touch
01:52so
02:09and he's back doing what he does best the japanese makes it one nil to monaco
02:18and a nice patient move
02:21just a second opportunity really for them
02:26and finer in front brilliantly done by ben sagir it's the flick from him bolo he's been dropping
02:32deep in this first 20 minutes nothing coming off but that's a superb bit of play and minamino
02:40despite the touch from larcener able to fire beyond and then for monaco's first of the season
02:52a superb finish and the hosts have the leads
03:03what a campaign it was from him last season minamino
03:08thrived under adi huter the man that brought him to europe at salzburg from japan in 2015
03:16we'll just see it again it's so tight brilliant flick from him bolo
03:31lovely ball through for ballaghan narrowly wide
03:37from the usa international
03:40so we'll deliver straight through into the glove in between the sticks after
03:46i just love my edge gates injury hit pre-season minamino over the top of the goalkeeper into
03:53the back of the net for the second time this evening but once more the flag up against
03:59the japanese forwards another great run from him tight once again vanderson's
04:07searching ball abdelhamid got caught
04:10larcener there was no stop if he'll be ruled on
04:19still in progress which if you're of a monaco persuasion it's a good site because it's one nil
04:28and takumi minamino who had a bit of var heartbreak a few moments ago after his goal was disallowed
04:37he's now been ruled offside to be ruled on and he does eventually have monaco one in front
04:46santetti in defense breached again but this time it's going to count
04:55there's no surprise to see
04:57so
05:04wonderful finish superb scalp
05:08the first one was nicely dispatched but that
05:16driving forward finds ballaghan this ball to the back post looking for the incoming yakko
05:23caught in possession here it's ibrahim sissoko bearing down on goal philip comb with the save
05:30and sheets since the 2013-14 campaign and then suzy
05:38with the coming effort looking such a high line from the visitors in monaco
05:45looking to exploit it ben segir on the break ilias ben segir just denied in the end
05:53now he's looking for the first success in this fixture
06:04for over four years
06:08here comes minamino nicely threaded through for ballaghan well blocked
06:13it goes beyond denzuzi and caffaro now van der sim with the efforts
06:18not a bad attempt that is halftime brings the end to this first half it's more
06:29and here's the whistle here's the whistle and monaco is winning one hill again son etienne
06:35today
06:42can you challenge psg perhaps without him bappy here we go for the second half
06:50team town champions get us underway
06:54hold out chances now shoot towards the traveling fans which can make a difference
07:06chooses to ignore the left back we'll find bensig here now
07:12perhaps to try his luck from distance
07:16there by reeling polo minamino denied by larson
07:24it's not fully dead yet anderson's ball
07:26ball
07:45points to the spots superb solo run they tried numerous corners
07:53but they went short there camera to bensig here goes beyond debitage really
08:00and holds and then brought down to strikers challenge really by ibrahim sissoko
08:11no hesitation points to the spot it's probably in the soft category
08:16so let's go in to check the vr monitor here
08:25you can see it looked a soft penalty certainly was a bit of contact
08:37referee now with a decision to make was it bensig here who initiated the contact
08:45so he had a couple of looks at it
08:55no penalty given sissoko breathes a sigh of relief bensig here not happy
09:04so
09:15and there is the equalizer in front of those away fans
09:22there's some in the home ends as well
09:23well and ibrahim sissoko after years of banging them in and france's second tier
09:36he is level proceedings here at monaco
09:41brilliantly done here by the substitute boy archie finding davidash really and he puts it on a plate
09:49for the malian
09:53to fire beyond philip cohen and monaco pay the price for not taking their chances
10:10minamino lovely ball over the top flicked for akliyash now
10:14real embolic one of my rodding run from phil back
10:20and his fellow substitutes
10:25makes a delivery as well looking sissoko in there
10:32going in at the deep ends here in league up
10:35forward come monaco now looking to seal the deal
10:38alina kenna there at the far post just had it taken off him after akliyash's
10:44driving run to magasa wants to shoot here some good to magasa
10:50and you've got the job done there is the whistle from claymont
10:58and the three points stay at home monaco
11:03we have the first victory of the season
11:07against san etienne that we have to recognize what a great match