Folarin Balogun is starting to pick up steam for Ligue 1 side Monaco.
Balogun scored once on Wednesday in Monaco’s 5-3 road victory over Nantes in league play. The U.S. men’s national team striker now has two goals in his last four appearances for Monaco, who jumped to second place with Wednesday’s win.
Mamadou Coulibaly and Bahereba Guirassy traded goals in the opening 19 minutes before Balogun etched his name on the scoresheet before halftime. Coulibaly played Balogun upfield with a through ball pass before the young striker slotted home into the back of the net.
It marked his third Ligue 1 goal of the campaign.
Guirassy would level things though for Nantes in first-half stoppage time, making it 2-2 heading into halftime.
Monaco would eventually pull away in the second half as Maghnes Akilouche and Aleksandr Golovin scored 10 minutes apart to make it 4-2 to the visitors. Despite Mostafa Mohamed’s consolation goal with 10 minutes to play, Golovin added his second goal of the half to ice the result.
Balogun played 73 minutes in the match, striking the woodwork once and winning four duels.
Up next for Monaco is a home date with Paris FC on Saturday before a return to UEFA Champions League action next week.
