Olympique Lyonnais widened a small gap at the top of Ligue 1 by winning Wednesday night against Lens (3-2), while Lille started the year 2021 with a defeat against Angers (1-2).
It might be just three points ahead, but it’s still got it. TheOlympique Lyonnais held his rank as leader of the championship this Wednesday evening, dominating Lens (3-2) at Groupama Stadium. And meanwhile, the Gones’ direct opponents have left some feathers: PSG in Saint-Etienne (1-1), and especially Lille at home against Angers (1-2).
OL, therefore, fulfilled their part of the contract. In the absence of fit man Karl Toko Ekambi (Covid-19), replaced in the front trio by Maxwel Cornet, Rudi Garcia’s men may not have achieved the best game of the season, but they were able to open the scoring by Memphis Depay, served in the middle of the race by a deviation from Tino Kadewere (1-0, 39th).
In the second half, the Rhodaniens took off thanks to a goal against his camp from Fortes (2-0, 46th), then a fairly generous penalty transformed by Depay (3-0, 52nd). It was necessary because, after the nice goal of Florian Sotoca (3-1, 56th), Lens returned to a goal on a long shot from Cheick Doucoura (3-2, 89th). Without consequence on arrival.
Our midfielder, @Thiagomendesof after #OLRCL : “We had a lot of chances at the start of the match. We must not let the team come back. This must not happen again. We must be even more killer in front of goal. ” pic.twitter.com/j515SvJOI9
– Olympique Lyonnais (@OL) January 6, 2021
Meanwhile, Little was therefore surprised in his stadium by Angers. The Mastiffs conceded two goals early in the game, signed… Romain Thomas, the central defender of the SCO: a strike from 20 meters (0-1, 5th), then a header under the bar (0-2, 10th).
Burak Yilmaz tried to sound the revolt, but after a goal full of rage in the first period (1-2, 42nd), he found the crossbar at the end of the match on a free kick (77th). And this is how Losc started 2021 in the worst possible way.
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Bounce back from Saturday in Nîmes ????#LOSCSCO pic.twitter.com/Up2DuR6nLl
– LOSC (@losclive) January 6, 2021
