Ligue 1: Lyon claim last-gasp 2-1 victory over Reims

Ligue 1: Lyon claim last-gasp 2-1 victory over Reims

Error purpose of last-minute goalkeeper Johnny Placide saw Reims go down 2 - 1 to Lyon and gave Manager home Hubert Fournier a good night against his former club.

Placidus, which had previously been powerless to prevent from Corentin Tolisso lens aperture for Lyon, could not keep on the ambitious kick from Alexandre Lacazette in a corner in the last minute.

This proved the ruin of a lot of good work for Reims, who had looked set for a point after Benjamin Moukandjo upgrade to the top before the break.

Fournier was able to enjoy a victory against the club, he left after five years to take the reins at Lyon in the summer, and the victory also moves Lyon back to the third in Ligue 1, just behind Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain.

Fournier's men were looking to bounce back from a 3-0 defeat at St Etienne last week ended their 10-game unbeaten run, and they came flying on the blocks, drawing first blood after just six minutes.

Tolisso ghosts in space at the far post with a fine race to nod millimeter House kick from Nabil Faulkner for his second goal of the season.

Placide failed left by the superb delivery and also let down by pedestrian marking as Fournier got the start he craved.

But Reims became the competition and managed to draw level before half-time by happenstance.

Moukandjo was the beneficiary as Lyon goalkeeper Anthony Lopes tried to Palm the ball away at the 36th minute.

Lopes was unable to get enough purchase on it and the former Monaco forward was in the right place at the right time to click.

The game reinforced after the interval, but laim and fekir work well in tandem during and after one of their fluid moves that Mohamed Yattara was inches from finding the net.

Lacazette was then able to celebrate the winning goal.

The 23-year-old forward picked up the ball on the right and raised a bold attempt from an acute angle.

It looked like Placide should have diverted the ball at his near post and send Reims home having extended their unbeaten in five matches, but he was caught off guard and ended up rolling rather out of his own net.

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