French giant continues to fall after a seventh defeat of the season

Lille inflicted the seventh defeat of the season on Lyon on Sunday, leaving the one-time kings of French football rooted to the bottom of Ligue 1. An opening goal from Canadian international Jonathan David and a stunning strike from Tiago Santos earned Lille a 2-0 victory at Lyon's Groupama Stadium. Lyon mounted a limited fightback in the second half but former Arsenal forward Alexandre Lacazette's lack of cutting edge in front of goal summed up their season so far. They have just seven points from 12 games and relegation is starting to seem a genuine prospect for the club that won seven consecutive titles between 2001 and 2008.

Lille's three points secured fourth place, a point behind Monaco, who were thumped 5-2 by leaders Paris Saint-Germain in the capital on Friday, while Lyon’s short rise (a draw with Metz and win against Rennes) ended quickly. Lille had terrible statistics on away games before tonight's game. Only Le Havre managed to win on the side, but when it comes to Lyon this season, all statistics and traditions fall into the water. That's how bad the famous French club is. They even ‘helped’ Jonathan David to come out of the scoring crisis. The Canadian striker always has some ‘dark hours’ during a season when he cannot score for weeks (or months), but Lyon was there to allow him his first goal in three months. The young Tiago Santos, a right back by profession, ran onto the rebound of the opponent's defender and launched it into the near corner from about twenty meters for his debut in the French club's jersey and scored the second goal of the game.

Even though they had almost an hour left, Lyon could not overcome the defeat in the end. And it's not like he didn't have a chance. Two quite decent ones were missed by Tino Cadevere, one by Mama Balde, Grosso also tried to influence his team's game by changing his formation, but there was no help. After the 13th round, Lyon remained at the bottom of the table with seven points, although with a game less than Lorient and Toulouse, who are outside the relegation zone, while.

LIGUE 1 - Matchday 13

Friday

Paris Saint-Germain - Monaco 5-2 (2-1)

/Ramos 18, Mbappe 39 pen, Dembele 70, Vitinha 72, Kolo Muani 90+7 - Minamino 22, Balogun 75/

Saturday

Clermont - Lens 0-3 (0-1)

/Wahi 11, Thomasson 50, Said 82/

Strasbourg - Olympique de Marseille x-x (x-x)

/Emegha 6 - Clauss 27/

Sunday

Nice - Toulouse 1-0 (0-0)

/Moffi 54/

Lorient - Metz 2-3 (2-1)

/Faivre 7, Kroupi 22 - Sabali 1, Traore 65, Jallow 83/

Montpellier - Brest 1-3 (1-1)

/Savanier 51 - Esteve (og) 20, Lage 64, Doumbia 90+3/

Nantes - Le Havre 0-0

Rennes - Reims 3-1 (1-1)

/Gouri 4, Borigeaud 46, Theate 66 - Diakate 45/

Olympique Lyon - Lille 0-2 (0-2)

/David 27, Santos 32/