00:00 Monaco Lens was a game that looked very likely to produce goals.
00:09 Monaco as well as being the league leaders coming into the weekend were also the top
00:12 scorers in Liga Jiu-Jitsu, boasting 10 goals from their first three games.
00:16 It didn't take them long to find another one in this matchday four.
00:20 This will be a trying night for visitors Lens as they fell behind just past midway point.
00:26 Kairo Enrique with the corner and Wilfred Singo with the header.
00:31 The home side doubled their lead before the interval as Alexander Golovkin galloped unhindered
00:35 into space on the right side of the box and latched onto a Takumi Minamino pass, firing
00:41 a first time shot past Brees Somba.
00:44 Minamino's good form continues, three goals and three assists now.
00:48 So it will be cemented as a third goal arrived just before the hour mark.
00:53 Guillermo Maripal left unmarked to head in another Kairo corner.
00:56 Lens beat Monaco to a spot on the podium last season but this campaign has started out very
01:01 differently.
01:02 Monaco top with 10 points and 13 goals.
01:04 Lens in the drop zone.
01:06 Without a win this season and having just sold Bradley Barker to Paris Saint-Germain,
01:11 Lyon were under significant pressure when they welcomed the reigning champions to the
01:14 Groupama.
01:15 This is also an off-field crisis involving new owner John Texter and former president
01:19 Michel Aulas, it was the on-field crisis that quickly became evident here.
01:23 An early penalty converted by Kylian Mbappe, just about, despite Anthony Lopez getting
01:30 a touch.
01:31 It wasn't long before the lead was doubled.
01:37 Asraf Hakimi making it two when Ousmane Dembele's cross, intended for Mbappe, fell kindly for
01:42 him and snuck the ball just inside the far post.
01:48 Mbappe's team survived a couple of scares.
01:50 Parisien Zen pulled further clear when Marco Asensio capped off a fine passing move.
01:57 Spaniard becomes the first player to record three goals in his first three Paris League
02:02 games since Neymar in 2017.
02:05 He celebrated that fact by turning provider for Mbappe who snuck his second in off the
02:10 post to make it 4-0 on the stroke of half-time.
02:13 This is the fourth time France's superstar has scored more than one goal against OL in
02:20 a top-flight match.
02:21 Hamside unsurprisingly booed off at half-time but defender Nicolas Tagliafico did earn his
02:22 side an opportunity to reduce the arrears after the break.
02:23 They are intervening, no free agreeing that Warren Isaiah Emery had denied a clear goal-scoring
02:24 opportunity.
02:25 Captain Grantan Tolisso gave away the first penalty, somewhat made amends.
02:26 It's a bit of a shame that the Frenchman's team has been so far behind in the league
02:27 of the world.
02:28 The Frenchman's team is now in the top-flight.
02:29 The Frenchman's team is now in the top-flight.
02:30 The Frenchman's team is now in the top-flight.
02:31 The Frenchman's team is now in the top-flight.
02:32 The Frenchman's team is now in the top-flight.
02:33 The Frenchman's team is now in the top-flight.
02:56 The Frenchman's team is now in the top-flight.
03:23 The Frenchman's team is now in the top-flight.
03:51 The Frenchman's team is now in the top-flight.
04:20 The Frenchman's team is now in the top-flight.
04:49 The Frenchman's team is now in the top-flight.
05:19 remain in a tightly packed mid-table, Rance remain in fourth.
05:24 Rennes were looking to get back into the impressive winning ways they displayed during their 5-1
05:33 thrashing of Metz on the opening weekend when they made the short trip to Brest for a Breton
05:37 derby.
05:38 That big win had been followed by two draws with L'Anse-Saint-Loave in their previous
05:43 two outings, which had left them behind their opponents on the day.
05:46 Whichever side you classed as the pre-match favourite, neither would really shine in the
05:49 late summer sun.
05:50 It was the hosts who enjoyed most of the limited chances in a derby lacking in excitement.
05:56 Jeremy Le Douron really should have done better with either of the two big opportunities but
06:00 fluffed his lines on both occasions.
06:04 Ludovic Blaz's low drilled effort was about as close as Rennes came if the game ended
06:10 0-0, seven points from four games, Brest are though enjoying a fine start to the season,
06:16 Rennes one point behind.
06:19 Lille were aiming to return to winning ways when they welcomed Montpellier to the Decathlon
06:29 Arena.
06:30 The hosts bounced back from last weekend's heavy defeat by securing a spot in the Europa
06:34 Conference League group stages during the week.
06:36 Montpellier on the other hand hadn't had the opportunity to soften the blow, their
06:40 3-1 loss to Rennes and would instead suffer another blow here, falling behind in just
06:44 the second minute.
06:45 Youssef Yezeji upping a free kick to the far post, somehow the ball travelling undeflected
06:50 through a crowd all the way into the net.
06:53 Montpellier though came out a different side in the second half, Moussa Al Tamari twisting
06:58 and turning, impressive Lucas Chevalier producing one of many saves.
07:03 Lappeyard did eventually find a way past the keeper on a no-down shot deflected in by Benjamin
07:10 André, however Villar would have the final say, Kelvin Yboa judged to be offside and
07:16 that would be that.
07:17 Lille move in to the European spots.
07:24 Strong start as Strasbourg made the trip south to face Nice at the Allianz on Sunday evening.
07:28 The pressing start to this season under the tutelage of Patrick Vieira had been almost
07:33 the polar opposite to last campaign as Nice had made an underwhelming if unbeaten start.
07:38 The start was not underwhelming here however, taking the lead in the first half.
07:41 Youssef Atal had the time and space to cut inside, producing a beautiful curled effort
07:49 into the far corner.
07:52 Constant menace with his pace, Teren Mofi had already struck the woodwork in a similar
07:56 situation when he was released by Jean-Claude Thaudibot.
07:59 This time though, he is deft, outside of the boot, finished, into the bottom corner, wrapped
08:06 up the points.
08:07 2-0, the result leaves the two sides level on six points in the top half of the table
08:13 for now.
08:14 Nice the higher, 2-2, courtesy of Goldefense.
08:17 They were hoping to claim their first win since returning to the top flight when they
08:23 welcomed Lorient to Stade Océan.
08:24 It certainly hasn't been a disaster for the newcomers though, with two draws from their
08:29 first three.
08:30 They would go one better here, a fairly quiet first half.
08:33 The second would go very much their way.
08:35 Loic Nego and Adela Kizhayev, both unselfish, and the Russian, the one to put the ball in
08:41 the back of the net.
08:42 Great awareness.
08:43 And in the 70th minute, brilliant feet from young substitute Antoine Juju, just outside
08:51 the Lorient area, and laying the ball up for Nabil Halyuyi, who dutifully found the net
08:56 for the third time in two matches.
08:57 It's also the second of those to come from outside the box, meaning Halyuyi becomes the
09:08 first La Havre player to score two from outside the box in a single top flight campaign since
09:13 2008.
09:14 It's only match day four.
09:16 Another introduction from the dugout put the final touches to the hosts' impressive win
09:20 deep into injury time.
09:22 More excellent work from Juju and fellow substitutes Noland and Ben Baio with a deflected shot.
09:27 Crept in for 3-0.
09:28 Both now in mid-table, this win moves La Havre above Lorient on goal difference.
09:33 Toulouse were looking to bounce back from last weekend's loss to Strasbourg when they
09:40 welcomed bottom side Clermont to the south-west.
09:42 They once here's hugely impressive second season in the top tier is already beginning
09:46 to feel something of a distant memory after three successive losses this campaign.
09:50 Things didn't look like they were about to get any better after a catastrophic opening
09:54 15 minutes.
09:55 First a clever free kick caught out from Ndizevan with Zakaria Abouklaou firing home impressively
10:01 from a tight angle in the eighth minute.
10:03 And then barely five minutes later, Frank Magritte made no mistake on the counter, finding
10:08 the top corner beautifully to double the lead.
10:10 Further demoralised the visitors.
10:13 But an early brace can often be a double-edged sword.
10:16 So it was a perfect start for Les Bleus.
10:19 It also left Clermont with a lot of time to turn the game around.
10:22 And they were given the perfect opportunity to start that turnaround when goalkeeper Dioum
10:27 Restez conceded a penalty, rushing out, not beating Zephan to the ball.
10:32 Rui Jong-Ki, stepping up, putting his squat kick past the 18-year-old keeper, having to
10:39 lose his lead, setting up an exciting second half.
10:45 Twice the woodwork would come to the teenagers' rescue.
10:48 But finally, in the dying seconds, Clermont's luck would turn, persistence paying off, a
10:53 scramble in the box.
10:54 Eventually the ball poked home by Florent Ogier.
10:56 Head in hands for TFC defence.
11:01 Celebrations on the pitch.
11:03 And in the away end for Clermont.
11:05 95 minutes and 23 seconds.
11:07 Ogier scores Clermont's latest ever goal, rescues a valuable point.
11:11 With 24 goals in all across the nine games, PSG the only team to win away from home.
11:17 Monaco and Loewe making home advantage count.
11:20 Also with three goal winning margins.
11:23 That win for the champions moves them up to second, above rivals Marseille.
11:29 Still Monaco at the summit, two points clear.
11:31 Brett and Lille have identical records in fifth and sixth.
11:37 Here's a surprising pair propping up the table.
11:41 Seven-time champions Lille and last year's silver medalist Lens falling below Clermont
11:46 into the drop zone after heavy defeats.
11:51 Domestic football returns in two weeks' time after the international break, kicking off
11:55 with Nice's trip to the capital and finishing with the Lyon side desperate to claim their
12:00 first win against Love.
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