Nuamah’s first-half brace helps safe a cushty 4-0 victory at Groupama Stadium
LYON:
Olympique Lyonnais cruised to a 4-0 win over Stade Rennais on Saturday that moved them as much as second place in Ligue 1 in a recreation that was briefly halted after Lyon followers displayed an offensive banner directed at their rivals St Etienne.
The win lifts Lyon to 11 factors after 5 video games, two behind leaders AS Monaco, who beat Lens 2-1 on Friday, whereas Rennes are fifth within the desk on 10 factors after a lacklustre show wherein they received the possession battle however struggled to create respectable probabilities.
Lyon raced right into a 2-0 first-half lead thanks to 2 objectives from Ernest Nuamah, however the recreation was then suspended when the offensive banner was unveiled. The gamers briefly left the sector, however the recreation resumed after a brief delay.
The break did little to disrupt Lyon’s rhythm and Zachary Athekame added a 3rd after the break, with Corentin Tolisso sweeping an excellent fourth into the online from simply exterior the field within the 76th minute to finish the rout.
Toulouse beat Le Havre 3-2 at dwelling to seize their first win of the season at their fifth try as Danish ahead Casper Tengstedt struck twice simply after the break, whereas Angers and Le Mans additionally loved dwelling wins over Troyes and Lorient respectively.
Reigning champions Paris St Germain journey to Olympique de Marseille on Sunday.