Nantes beat Nice 1-0. (Twitter)
Florent Mollet’s first-half strike was sufficient to present Nantes a win over Nice, whereas Lens condemn disaster-hit Lyon to a 3-2 defeat within the membership’s first match because the exit of coach Fabio Grosso.
Nice slumped to their first defeat of the season on Saturday as they misplaced 1-0 at Nantes and missed the prospect to reclaim high spot in Ligue 1.
Florent Mollet’s first-half strike was sufficient to get new coach Jocelyn Gourvennec off to a profitable begin on the Stade de la Beaujoire, the place he took over from Pierre Aristouy this week.
Nice had gone eight video games with out conceding since their 3-2 victory over Paris Saint-Germain in mid-September, however the guests noticed their unbeaten begin ended after they fell behind in a match for the primary time this season.
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“It’s a logical defeat,” stated Nice coach Francesco Farioli.
“We need to move on from it. This loss definitely hurts. But, like with our wins, we need to forget about this defeat.
“We had chances to take the lead or equalise. We came up against a goalkeeper on top form,” he added.
Nice’s defeat will permit leaders PSG to tug 4 factors clear in the event that they win at Le Havre on Sunday.
Lens shook off their midweek Champions League humiliation by Arsenal to sentence disaster-hit Lyon to a 3-2 defeat within the membership’s first match because the exit of coach Fabio Grosso.
Irish defender Jake O’Brien volleyed Lyon in entrance from a nook at Stade Bollaert in northern France, however final season’s Ligue 1 runners-up levelled halfway by the primary half courtesy of Wesley Said.
Przemyslaw Frankowski put Lens forward with a penalty early within the second half earlier than O’Brien poked dwelling a flick-on at one other nook to equalise.
Frankowski grabbed the winner on 74 minutes as Lens closed out a fourth win in 5 league video games and prolonged their unbeaten run within the high flight to 9 regardless of dropping Florian Sotoca to a late pink card.
Lens made a dreadful begin to the season and picked up one level from their first 5 fixtures.
Franck Haise’s facet have righted the ship domestically however have been dumped out of the Champions League on Wednesday following a crushing 6-0 loss away to Arsenal.
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Lyon slid to an eighth defeat in 13 matches and stay rooted to the underside of the desk, 5 factors from security and on the hunt for a brand new coach after Grosso was stood down from his place on Thursday.
The 46-yr-previous Italian, a World Cup winner in 2006, lasted simply over two months within the sizzling seat after he changed Laurent Blanc on September 16.
It was an sad time within the dugout for Grosso, who oversaw only one win in seven matches and was left requiring stitches to his face in October after the Lyon crew bus was attacked on its approach to a recreation at Marseille.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – AFP)
