Olympique Lyon booked an important victory on Sunday evening in the battle for qualification for the Champions League. On a visit to AS Monaco, the team of trainer Rudi Garcia won 2-3 thanks to a late goal from the seventeen-year-old top talent Mathis Ryan Cherki. Memphis Depay scored the best goal of the evening, while the the Dutch-international was also good for an assist.
The game was underway for 25 minutes when Kevin Volland was thrust into the deep by Wissam Ben Yedder. The Monaco attacker was too fast for Lyon defender Jason Denayer and poked the 1-0 against the ropes. Lyon then insisted and tied the score via Depay ten minutes after the break. The visitors broke out from the counter, but because Monaco soon had six defenders behind the ball, the the Dutch-international seemed busy on a hopeless mission. Depay, however, passed three men and before two defenders wanted to stop him, he shot the ball mercilessly against the ropes: 1-1.
Memphis Depay gets the ball HERE and then … NOT NORMAL! ??
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While Lyon was looking for the lead, it faced a major setback. Maxence Caqueret crossed the line in midfield and got his second yellow card with a hard foul on Aurelien Tchouameni. With a man less, Lyon still took the lead seven minutes later. With a perfectly measured free kick, Depay found Marcelo’s head, who jumped higher than the rest and scored with the head. Lyon managed to defend the lead for a long time, up to five minutes before time. Lyon goalkeeper Anthony Lopes committed an error in the penalty area and caused a penalty. Upon hatching, he hit Pietro Pellegri in the face and the VAR was aware of that. From eleven meters it became 2-2 by Ben Yedder.
After AS MONACO – Olympique Lyonnais, three more red cards are given due to this fierce disturbance. ??
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Despite the fact that Lyon played with one man less, it was still looking for the winning goal in the final phase. Just before time, Depay and his teammates got what they hoped for. After a smooth attack from the right flank, Mattia De Sciglio withdrew the ball to Cherki, who scored in the far corner: 2-3. With the victory, Olympique Lyon reduces the gap with number four Monaco to one point. After the lute whistle there was another disturbance on the field. After some pushing and pulling, referee Clément Turpin handed out red cards to De Sciglio, Pellegri and Willem Geubbels.
| No. | Team | M. | W. | G. | V. | +/- | Pnt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lille OSC | 35 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 37 | 76 |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 35 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 52 | 75 |
| 3 | AS Monaco | 35 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 71 |
| 4 | Olympique Lyon | 35 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 33 | 70 |
| 5 | RC Lens | 35 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 56 |
| 6 | Olympique Marseille | 35 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 56 |
| 7 | Rennes | 35 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 54 |
| 8 | Montpellier | 35 | 12 | 11 | 12 | -4 | 47 |
| 9 | Metz | 35 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 46 |
| 10 | OGC Nice | 35 | 13 | 7 | 15 | -3 | 46 |
| 11 | Reims | 35 | 9 | 15 | 11 | -2 | 42 |
| 12 | Saint-Étienne | 35 | 11 | 9 | 15 | -12 | 42 |
| 13 | Angers | 35 | 11 | 8 | 16 | -19 | 41 |
| 14 | Stade Brest | 35 | 11 | 7 | 17 | -13 | 40 |
| 15 | Girondins Bordeaux | 35 | 11 | 6 | 18 | -15 | 39 |
| 16 | Strasbourg | 35 | 10 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 38 |
| 17 | Lorient | 35 | 10 | 8 | 17 | -16 | 38 |
| 18 | Nantes | 35 | 7 | 13 | 15 | -14 | 34 |
| 19 | Nimes | 35 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -29 | 32 |
| 20 | Dijon | 35 | 3 | 9 | 23 | -42 | 18 |
Date:Sunday 2 May 2021, 9:00 PM
Stadium:Stade Louis II (Monaco)
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