Benin striker Aiyegun Tosin (L) scored the winner as Lorient dealt a blow to Lens’ Ligue 1 title hopes. Photograph: AFP
PARIS:
Lens missed the prospect to maneuver prime of Ligue 1 and put stress on Paris Saint-Germain as they slipped to a 2-1 loss at Lorient on Saturday.
Pierre Sage’s aspect have been aiming to go two factors away from PSG on the summit, with the reigning champions not enjoying this weekend to allow them to relaxation for Tuesday’s Champions League last-16 second leg at Chelsea.
However Lens, focusing on a second Ligue 1 title and first since 1998, fell to a expensive defeat and have now gained solely one among their final 4 league matches.
“We had lots of possession, however we weren’t artistic sufficient to style probabilities,” stated Lens coach Sage. “We missed a possibility.”
Bamba Dieng put Lorient into an 18th-minute lead, bundling in from shut vary on the second time of asking after Lens didn’t take care of a nook.
The guests hit again, although, shortly after half-time, as Odsonne Edouard collected the ball contained in the Lorient half, carried it to the sting of the field and unleashed a low shot into the underside nook to attain his tenth league purpose of the season.
Lens had the momentum and went near taking the lead shortly earlier than the hour mark when Florian Thauvin headed a nook narrowly over.
However Lorient regained the benefit within the sixty fifth minute, as Aiyegun Tosin stabbed the ball in from virtually on the goal-line after nearly controlling Arsene Kouassi’s cross.
Lens piled on the stress late on with a sequence of set-pieces however couldn’t power one other equaliser.
Lorient climbed to eighth within the desk, simply 4 factors behind sixth-placed Lille, who go to fifth-placed Rennes Sunday, within the race for European qualification.
Monaco moved into fifth place with a fifth consecutive Ligue 1 victory as Folarin Balogun scored his 14th purpose of the season in all competitions in a 2-0 win over Brest.
Good claimed an important 2-0 success at Angers to climb eight factors away from the relegation play-off place and snap a six-game winless run within the league.
