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Monaco hit four to stay in PSG chase

Djibril Sidibe curled in the opener after Keita Balde shot was blocked and Thomas Lemar -- the target of a bid by Arsenal in the summer -- scored on 32 minutes after weaving through the St Etienne defence.

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Fabinho, who told the club this week he wants to leave, tapped in the third in the second half before Keita put the icing on the cake with a piercing shot on 60 minutes at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, where there were row after row of empty seats.

The victory put Monaco six points behind Paris Saint-Germain, who play at Rennes on Saturday.

Saint-Etienne are hovering just above the relegation zone.

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"It was a great night," Monaco coach Leonardo Jardim said.

"We finished our chances well and we could have scored more goals if we had been more clinical."

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