Pressured by Paris Saint-Germain in the afternoon, Olympique Lyonnais knew what to expect: win, at home against Montpellier, to seize the lead in Ligue 1 - while waiting for the LOSC match which hosts Brest this Sunday (5:05 p.m.).
Especially since after four successes in a row in the league, OL arrived launched at Groupama Stadium.
What you must remember
Inexorably pulled up for months, OL were brought down to earth by Montpellier.
Memphis Depay's teammates fell on a bone on Saturday night, beaten by supercharged Hérault residents (1-2).
Especially in the first period, where Lyon took the water for five minutes after the game quarter of an hour. It was first the post that saved Anthony Lopes on a strike from Florent Mollet (16th), before the goalkeeper Lyon should not bow to the huge blow of the helmet from Téji Savanier, served on a plate by a delicious exterior of Andy Delort (0-1, 20th).
The goalkeeper was very happy to see Gaëtan Laborde's strike pass just above his crossbar (22nd).
Often imprecise like Karl Toko-Ekambi (75th) or Islam Slimani (78th), Lyon still existed against battling Montpellierers and carried forward.
Lucas Paqueta equalizes, thus, on a header rejected by Jonas Omlin (1-1, 45th + 2).
Entered at the break, Elye Wahi, nugget of the Hérault training center, showered the Rhone trickster with his 3rd goal of the season (1-2, 65th), despite an end of the match where Rudi Garcia's players gave their all to return to the score.
While the battle rages on in the leading quartet, the bad operation is Lyon, the Gones (3rd) offering a boulevard to Lille and even exposing themselves to see Monaco pick up on Sunday.
And to make matters worse, they lost Marcelo to injury in the first period (26th).
The player: Savanier did everything to them
The middle battle was crucial in this duel.
It was won by the Montpellier residents, and Téji Savanier was no stranger to it.
The torchbearer from Hérault was everywhere in this match, important behind as on this return in front of Houssem Aouar (47th), or with the baton in front.
It was on his rejected free kick that Wahi scored the second Montpellier goal, while he scored his 5th goal of the season on Andy Delort's 7th assist.
The former Nîmes is now involved in 4 goals in his last 3 games against Lyon in L1: 1 assist with Nîmes, and especially 3 goals with Montpellier.
The number: 2
Montpellier is one of the only two teams to have brought down OL this season: there was Metz (0-1), on January 17, and the MHSC, which had already inflicted on OL its first defeat. of the season opening the Championship (2-1), September 15.
Lyonnais who have now won only one of their last 7 L1 games against their bête noire (3 draws, 3 defeats).