Lyon came back from hell against Lille who faded away in the second period. Draw (1-1) at Pierre-Mauroy.
TOPS
Lyon jet
Manhandled throughout the first act, upon returning from the locker room the Lyonnais took advantage of Lille's downtime to impose their game. Well armed offensively, the attempts multiplied. If the crossbar (69th), Lucas Chevalier (73rd) and the VAR (77th) annihilated the Gones' clear chances, Pierre Sage's players never gave up. In a lightning action at the end of the match (90th), Malick Fofana scored a superb, balanced goal to equalize and allow OL to take a good point from Lille.
David chirurgical
Jonathan David again and again. It doesn't take much to shake the nets. On a gift from the Lyon defense, the Canadian striker outwitted Perri with a nice dribble before pushing the ball into the back of the net (16th). A goal which is already his seventh in Ligue 1 this season and his fourteenth in all competitions this season. Enough to bring him closer to Barcola's throne at the top of the Ligue 1 scorers rankings (with 8 goals) and make him one of, if not the best center forward in our championship.
Sahrawi is football!
There are players we like to see play. Since the start of the season he has been part of it. The more matches go by, the more Osame Sahraoui splashes Ligue 1 with his talent. Recruited this summer for 7.6 million euros from SC Heerenveen, the Moroccan is gradually gaining his place in the Losc eleven. Already noticed for his assist with a sensational shift against Toulouse or his leg passes against Atlético Madrid in the Champions League, against Lyon again the Lille winger has made the defense of Les Gones his playground . Chaining together the technical gestures could have been rewarded (34th). Now lacks goals and assists to confirm his talent.
FLOPS
Mastiffs extinguished in the second half
It's starting to add up to a lot. Lille will not always be able to get out of this. If fielding a team with no experience to run in the Champions League before the derby against Lens had been done with a bit of luck, this time Genesio's choices did not pay off.
After having perfectly dominated the first half, upon returning from the locker room Lille came back with a small goal in advance. Necessary and sufficient to get the three points. In the second period, voluntarily or not, the Mastiffs chose in front of their audience to put the bus on and let time pass to save four days before hosting Juventus in the Champions League. The only thing is, we can't win every time. If the rejected goal from Maitland-Niles already sounded like a big alert (75th), Lille did not change its mode of play and was logically caught at the end of the match (90th).
Lousy mistakes
If you thought you were watching an episode of “crazy football” on DAZN you were wrong. But how can you blame yourself so much? The first period of the Gones defense is laughable.
It is well known that in defense you must never touch your opponent. This is why Gudmundsson went back and forth in the Lyon area on his left side without ever seeing a Lyonnais block his way or even elbow. From the 8th minute, Niakhaté did the irreparable by giving a ball in slow motion to his goalkeeper without really looking. Fortunately, the vigilance of Perri and the clumsiness of Angel Gomes left the Rhodanians on borrowed time. Obviously this blunder did not serve as a lesson to the Lyon defense, 9 minutes later, Maitland-Niles this time did the same. A disastrous back side pass in the heart of the game directly into the feet of David who was quick to score (17th). And the funny thing about all this is that Lyon only took one, well paid.
