Olympique Lyonnais’ Champions League hopes were dealt a major blow after the Rhone giants lost 3-0 at the hands of Alain Casanova’s Toulouse FC in a Ligue 1 encounter
Alain Casanova’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pantxi-Sirieix-c29071, Emmanuel Riviere and Umut Bulut scored goals for the hosts.
The result was a great one for Les Pitchouns who were looking to bounce back from defeats suffered at the hands of Lille and Valenciennes.
Ahead of the game, Olympique Lyonnais knew that a win in Pink City would get them closer to third-placed LOSC Lille who are occupying the final Champions League berth.
The defeat means that both sides are level on points but Lyon have a superior goal difference which still gives them hope of taking over Lille in third place.
Lille now lead the two sides by six points which means that Rudi Garcia’s side now have a great chance to end the season with a Champions League berth to show for their efforts.
Lyon came into this game after losing the Coupe de la Ligue final to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-de-Marseille-c40127 1-0 at the Stade de France. However, before that game, Les Dogues were in sublime form.
The defeat in the final seemed to have taken a toll on Les Gones and in the early minutes, Remi Garde’s men conceded a goal when an unfortunate clearance by Dabo fell in the path of Sirieix who easily slotted the ball beyond http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hugo-Lloris-c16408 to open the scoring.
Toulouse smelt blood and piled up the pressure on Lyon. A little while later, Les Pitchouns doubled their advantage thanks to Riviere who nodded home a great cross from Sirieix who seemed to be in great form.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alexandre-Lacazette-c4895 came close to reducing the away team’s deficit when his effort scraped the post.
Toulouse nearly made it 3-0 just before the break but Lloris’ awareness in a one-one-one situation against Riviere meant that the visitors went back to the dressing room with some hope of a comeback.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Yoann-Gourcuff-c37416 who was making his first appearance since February 14.
The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Umut-Bulut-c35725 who put the game beyond Lyon’s reach when he scored a goal in injury time.
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