Lyon snatched a happy victory on their lawn thanks to an own goal from MHSC at the end of the match (1-0). Find the tops and flops of this meeting.
TOPS
OL’s great operation
Without manners, Lyon achieved an extremely important success against Montpellier. With Monaco’s defeat against PSG (2-4) and LOSC’s draw against Nantes (1-1), Les Gones thanks to their success (1-0) are tied with Les Dogues, two points off the podium. And above all, Pierre Sage’s team returns to OGC Nice, winners this Friday in Rennes (3-2). Three essential points which contrast a very average match.
Lacazette omnipresent
Although he scores less this season, Alexandre Lacazette remains crucial for the Lyon squad. Hungry and on all the balls, the captain of Les Gones weighed on a solid MHSC defense. It was through one of his many efforts that he unblocked the situation. In his register, with his back to the game and on the snatch he delivered the right cross leading to the goal for his team (90+1). “Lyon does not deserve its victory” he declared at the end of the match, a lucidity which honors the 33-year-old striker.
FLOPS
A dull match
A Ligue 1 match without any real flavor. The poster for this Saturday evening did not deliver what it promised. Between a playful Lyon team and a revengeful red lantern after the humiliation suffered in the Coupe de France against Puy, everything promised a competitive encounter. AND yet, despite a great start for the MHSC, the match was spoiled by numerous technical errors. The goalkeepers did not have to exert their talent to keep their clean sheet for a long minute. It was a gag own goal which sealed the fate of a meeting that Lyon and Montpellier supporters will quickly forget.
Fayad’s Cauchemar
Khalil Fayad made his emergency entry. After a major injury to Hérault defender Maksimovic who was taken out on a stretcher, the young 20-year-old Frenchman had a terrible evening. Available and well placed, he had the best opportunity of the meeting. Following superb work from Al-Tamari, alone in front of goal, the young player trained at the club made an incredible miss by missing the target (73rd). At the very end of the match, he gave the Lyonnais victory with a gag goal in his own goals. On a countered recovery from Tolisso, Fayad was unable to reduce his speed, overcommitment and the ball was sent despite himself into his net.
Cherki falls back into her faults
Left to rest by his coach and expected like the messiah throughout the meeting, Ryan Cherki did not impress when he entered (63rd). In 20 minutes, the one who delighted us with his passes and gestures from elsewhere fell back into his faults of previous seasons. In his world, without ever raising his head, the international hopeful has several times got entangled in vain in a well-grouped MHSC defense to the detriment of his available and well-placed partners. The final action of this meeting alone sums up Cherki’s performance. Launched in a lightning counterattack to make the break in three against three, the Lyon attacking midfielder preferred to try his luck despite good pressing from Omegaric. Result, strike countered by the middle of the MHSC and annihilated action which cost its partners dearly.
