European soccer: 10-man Lyon maintain off Nice to maneuver high of Ligue 1

Ten-man Lyon held on for a 2-1 comeback victory over Nice to maneuver high of Ligue 1 on Sunday, as earlier pacesetters Monaco misplaced for the primary time this season. Five groups are stage on 14 factors on the high of the desk with Lyon heading Paris Saint-Germain, Paris FC, Lille and Monaco on objective distinction.

It was an in depth run affair for Lyon, taking part in in entrance of native boy and French biking prodigy Paul Seixas, following Keito Nakamura’s dismissal 20 minutes from time.

Côte d’Ivoire ahead Elye Wahi, who opened the scoring for Nice on 18 minutes together with his second objective of the season, was denied a stoppage-time equaliser by a decent offside name.

Two objectives in three minutes turned the sport round by half-time as Pavel Sulc equalised by prodding residence a rebound and Tanner Tessmann headed the hosts in entrance.

Veteran Belgium midfielder Axel Witsel headed towards the bar early within the second half whereas Wahi hit the submit with a close-range header, shortly after Nakamura was dismissed for a excessive boot.

Noah Cadiou’s second-half penalty for Lorient prevented Monaco returning to the highest of Ligue 1 as they fell to a 1-0 defeat in Brittany on Sunday.

Finnish goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky dived the proper manner, however Cadiou positioned his spot-kick into the nook, at hand Monaco their first league defeat of the season.

Monaco are one in all 5 groups stage on factors on the high of the desk as they have been joined by Paris FC, who edged Rennes 4-3 due to Lassine Sinayoko’s injury-time penalty. Rennes dropped to fifth, some extent behind, regardless of ahead Estéban Lepaul’s hat-trick of penalties in Paris.

Marseille picked up a much-needed win as they thumped Angers 5-2 to drag away from the relegation zone. Le Havre stay rooted to the foot of the desk as Cameroon ahead Danny Namaso’s double helped Auxerre come away from Normandy with a 3-1 victory.

Kylian Mbappé scored ⁠twice as Real Madrid closed the hole on ⁠La Liga leaders ⁠Barcelona ​to 6 factors with a 4-1 residence win over ⁠Sevilla on Sunday, every week ⁠earlier than the rivals meet in el clásico.

Arda Guler ​opened the ‌scoring within the ‌thirtieth minute, arrowing a shot ‌into the highest nook from exterior the field, earlier than Mbappé added a second seven minutes later after an excellent flip. Mbappé ‌then received and transformed a penalty within the 63rd minute ​to successfully settle the competition.

Sevilla pulled one again with 10 minutes remaining by way of the substitute Manu Bueno, ⁠however Yan Diomandé restored Real’s three-goal ​lead ​with a thunderous ​strike two minutes later.

An early penalty from Ante Budimir and a late Asier Osambela objective from earned Osasuna a 2-0 win towards Racing Santander whereas Celta Vigo received 2-1 at residence towards Alavés.

Ibrahim Maza and Patrik Schick mixed to attain two objectives as Bayer Leverkusen got here from behind to beat in-form Freiburg 2-1 within the Bundesliga on Sunday.

After a shock defeat to promoted Elversberg within the season opener, Leverkusen have now picked up 13 of a attainable 18 factors and sit fourth, stage with third-placed Freiburg – who host Bayern Munich subsequent weekend – on factors.

Rock backside Borussia Mönchengladbach are nonetheless looking for a primary level of the season after shedding 2-1 at residence towards fellow strugglers Hoffenheim.

Hoffenheim’s Bambasé Conté opened the scoring together with his second objective in two video games since a shock call-up to the Germany squad in October. Wael Mohya levelled for the hosts simply after the break, however Alexander Prass put Hoffenheim again in entrance shortly afterwards because the guests, who host Lyon within the Europa League on Thursday, received simply their second recreation of the season.

Lazio’s Danish duo made the distinction in Turin as Oliver Provstgaard and Gustav Isaksen ⁠scored in a 3-0 ⁠win over ​Juventus on Sunday that lifted their facet stage with Inter on the high of Serie A.

Provstgaard broke the impasse within the ⁠thirty seventh minute, utilizing his top to look residence Mattia Zaccagni’s cross after Lazio labored a brief nook on the left.

Fellow Dane Isaksen doubled the lead in ⁠the 66th minute, accumulating a cross from Nuno Tavares on the proper earlier than shifting the ball onto ​his left foot and bending a low ‌end into the far ‌nook.

Fisayo Dele-Bashiru accomplished the scoring within the 89th minute, launching a counterattack from inside his personal ‌half and driving into the field earlier than slotting residence a low end as pissed off residence supporters jeered their facet by way of to the ultimate whistle.

Cesc Fàbregas’s Como ended their three-game winless streak in Serie A on Sunday with a 3-1 victory at lowly Fiorentina.

First-half objectives by Mattia Liberali and Nico Paz put the guests in cost, earlier than Marin Pongracic halved the deficit shortly earlier than the interval. Anastasios Douvikas netted early within the second interval to place to mattress any hope of a Fiorentina comeback and hold the hosts locked within the relegation zone on 4 factors.

Milan leapfrogged Como into fourth as they survived a second-half comeback from Atalanta to win 3-2. Goals from Gonçalo Ramos, Adrien Rabiot and Mario Gila put Milan 3-0 forward after 58 minutes earlier than Atalanta rallied by way of Gianluca Gaetano and Nikola Krstovic.

Earlier, Lecce received 3-0 at Udinese, with Kialonda Gaspar, Konan N’Dri and Jamil Siebert all discovering the web.