Monaco striker Takumi Minamino scored a brace as he beat visitors Red Star Belgrade 5-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday, taking seven points from his first three games this season.

Breel Embolo, Wilfried Singo with an impressive long-range shot and Maghnes Akliouche were the other scorers to give the hosts a deserved win in a duel in which they missed several other good chances.

Red Star, who scored from a penalty from Cherif Ndiaye after the Senegal international was brought down by Thilo Kehrer, frustrated the hosts for much of the first half but capitulated after the break and were lucky to concede just five goals to go home.

Minamino broke the offside trap and gave Monaco the lead after 20 minutes, but the lead lasted seven minutes before Ndiaye converted a penalty.

Embolo restored the hosts' lead in stoppage time at the end of the first half with his first goal of the season and Singo's thunderous 35-yard strike nine minutes after the break extended the lead.

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Defensive slips allowed Embolo to set up Japanese international Minamino for a second time with 20 minutes left, and Akliouche rounded off the triumph with a shot that missed the post in the final action of the game.

The Serbian champions, who host Barcelona in their next Champions League game on November 6, have lost all three league games this season.

Monaco's next Champions League appearance will be away to Bologna on November 5th.