In a poorly ranked duel, Toulouse dominated Montpellier at La Mosson for Gasset's first on the bench, plunging La Paillade a little further into crisis.
Montpellier and its new coach Jean-Louis Gasset were overwhelmed at La Mosson on Sunday by Toulouse, direct opponent in the race to maintain, losing 3-0, a week after the disaster against Marseille (5-0), during the 9th day of Ligue 1.
Toulouse striker Zakaria Aboukhlal, author of a double (7th, 9th), perfectly exploited the errors of the Hérault defense before offering the third goal to striker Joshua King (27th) in less than half a minute. hour of a meeting marked by the expulsion of captain Téji Savanier (51st). The Montpellier residents, lectured all week, did not respond to the expectations of Jean-Louis Gasset, who succeeded Michel Der Zakarian, dismissed on Sunday in the wake of the humiliation in front of OM.
Montpellier at the bottom of the hole
Montpellier is doing worse than he imagined. Plunging to last place, it is three points behind the play-off, Saint-Etienne, (16th) and two behind the first relegation, Le Havre, where it will travel next Sunday. Gasset put the thirty-year-old executives back in the saddle: Ferri, Lecomte and Khazri, singled out for their lack of involvement by Der Zakarian, but they did not perform a miracle.
Thanks to their second success of the season, the Toulouse residents are on the contrary giving themselves air and moving up to 14th place in the championship. Under torrential rain, Montpellier was showered during the first ten minutes. The worst defense in the championship, weakened by injuries to Becir Omeragic, +Kiki+ Kouyaté and Christopher Jullien, was overwhelmed by Toulouse's first two attacks. Zakaria Aboukhlal scored a double (7th, 9th) by taking a cross from King, then taking speed from the central axis, and his young defender Yaël Mouanga.
The Moroccan international, who intercepted a bad pass from Téji Savanier, became a passer for King (27th). It was too much for Montpellier, unable to revolt and create an opportunity with the exception of a free kick from Khazri (34th) and a cross shot from Arnaud Nordin (47th). And in the 51st minute, Savanier, guilty of a bad reflex on Casseres, was sent off. A sign that everything is really bad in Montpellier.