FRENCH LIGUE 1
Paris St. Germain leads the way
With Rennes managing just a draw against newly-promoted Brest; and Nice and Angers suffering defeat in their respective matches, Neymar’s late winning goal for Paris St. Germain against Strasbourg allowed for Paris St. Germain pulled 2 points away from the remaining pack in the league.
Lille 2-1 Angers
Goal Scorers Lille – Victor Osimhen 39′ Luiz Araujo 53′
Goal Scorers Angers – Stephane Bahoken 87′
Amiens 2-2 Lyon
Goal Scorers Amiens – Christophe Jallet 7′ Mathieu Bodmer 90+2′
Goal Scorers Lyon – Moussa Dembele 9′ 34′
PSG 1-0 Strasbourg
Goal Scorers PSG – Neymar 90+2′
Dijon 0-0 Nimes
Montpellier 2-1 Nice
Goal Scorers Montpellier – Andy Delort 37′ Florent Mollet 56′
Goal Scorers Nice – Adrien Tameze 34′
Brest 0-0 Rennes
Bordeaux 2-0 Metz
Goal Scorers Bordeaux -Jimmy Briand 7′ Nicolas 9′
Nantes 1-0 Reims
Goal Scorers Nantes – Kalifa Coulibaly 70′
Saint-Etienne 2-2 Toulouse
Goal Scorers Saint-Etienne – Romain Hamouma 45′ 57′
Monaco 3-4 Marseille
Goal Scorers Monaco -Wissam Ben Yedder 17′ 26′ Keita Balde 75′
Goal Scorers Marseille – Dario Benedetto 38′ 66′ Valère Germain 41′ Dimitri Payet 61′
Angers pulled one back through Stephane Bahoken’s 87th-minute goal but it wasn’t enough to stop Lille from getting the win that allowed them to get even on points in the league standings.
Mathieu Bodmer scored in injury-time goal to seal a point at home for Amiens. The ‘2-2’ result denied Lyon a win after Moussa Dembele scored twice to get them from a losing position to a lead before the break.
Neymar marked his return with a late winning goal for Paris St. Germain to pick up the maximum point against Strasbourg.
Andy Delort and Florent Mollet scored the goals to get Montpellier from a goal down to beat Nice.
Two early goals in the opening 10 minutes was enough for Bordeaux to seal three points at home over Metz.
Nantes is part of the top four in the league standings after taking all points through a ‘1-0’ win at home over Reims
Romain Hamouma scored two goals to see Saint Etienne come from behind and avoid defeat at home against Toulouse.
It looked like Monaco was on their way to get their first win of the season with the start they had. Despite having a 2-0 lead over Marseille before the half-hour mark, Monaco ended up on the wrong end of a 4-3 score.
