Last Updated: December 16, 2023, 11:10 IST
Lyon’s Brazilian ahead #47 Jeffinho (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring the primary objective for his crew through the French L1 soccer match between Monaco (AS Monaco) and Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon) on the Louis II Stadium (Stade Louis II) within the Principality of Monaco (AFP)
Lyon managed to raise themselves up from the mud as they defeated Monaco 1-0 in an away sport, transferring them to sixteenth place, out of the relegation zone.
An eighty fifth-minute winner from Jeffinho gave Lyon a 1-0 away victory towards Monaco on Friday, transferring the seven-instances Ligue 1 champions out of the automated relegation spots.
Two minutes after coming into the fray, Brazilian Jeffinho swept in his first objective of the season as Lyon gained successive video games for the primary time this marketing campaign to leap provisionally to sixteenth place within the desk.
The win is simply Lyon’s third, and interim coach Pierre Sage’s second, of the season and follows on from final Sunday’s 3-0 dwelling victory towards Toulouse.
“Beyond the three points, what made me smile was seeing the players happy,” Sage mentioned to Prime Video.
The first half was evenly disputed with Monaco dominating the play and the possibilities, and the guests seeking to catch the principality facet on the break.
In the second interval, the house facet pressed ahead, with Mohamed Camara glancing a proper-footed effort off the surface of the put up seven minutes after the break.
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Captain Youssouf Fofana then dragged an effort huge simply earlier than the hour and Folarin Balogun pulled a shot narrowly previous the put up from the sting of the field.
Anthony Lopes then got here to Lyon’s rescue on 67 minutes by making a superb diving save to disclaim Balogun after his facet didn’t clear a set-piece.
But the sport was modified when Sage despatched on Ainsley Maitland-Niles within the 72nd minute after which Jeffinho 11 minutes later.
The substitutes mixed with 5 minutes remaining when the ex-Arsenal man’s cross discovered the Brazilian striker close to the penalty spot and he beat Philipp Koehn together with his first-time strike.
Monaco stay third within the desk and threat falling additional behind leaders Paris Saint-Germain and Nice, who play away to Lille and Le Havre later within the weekend.
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – AFP)
