Monaco beat slumping Marseille 3-0 on Saturday to take second place in Ligue 1 from their opponents and boost their hopes of qualifying for next season's Champions League. The principality club lead Marseille by one point with five matches remaining, but seventh-placed Lyon are only four points further adrift with a game in hand. Lille are fourth, two points behind Marseille and above Strasbourg on goal difference. Monaco inflicted a fourth defeat in five Ligue 1 games on Roberto De Zerbi's Marseille, who are in danger of throwing away a Champions League place after sitting second in the French top flight for much of the campaign.