Khalil Fayad’s own goal in the 92nd minute provided a much-needed victory over bottom team Montpellier as Lyon moved closer to the Champions League positions in Ligue 1, having this weekend completed their sixteenth its round, the first of 2025. .
The return to football after the Christmas break was not easy for Pierre Sage’s team who, fortunately, took the match at the Lyon Olympic Park against an opponent who had already gone five games without a win.
Lyon, which ended 2024 with a defeat against Paris Saint Germain, was unable to capitalize on its absolute dominance. The local team may have had the most difficult game because at the beginning of the second half, VAR invalidated a goal for the visitors, scored by Jordan Ferri, due to a previous foul.
Lyon found the breakthrough in the 92nd minute, when the match was surely going to be a draw. A cross into the area by Alexander Lacazette was cleared by goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte. The ball reached Corentin Tolisso, Khalil Fayad intervened and put the ball into his own goal.
The victory put Lyon in fifth place, tied with Lille, who did not go beyond a draw against Nantes, and the one that marks the Champions League zone. Montpellier, last, has six safety points.
Source: La Verdad
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