Ligue 1: Saint-Etienne frustrate champions Lille with late draw, Monaco lose to Lens

Saint-Étienne defender Saidou Sow scored late to disclaim defending champion Lille its first win of the brand new French league season in a 1-1 draw on Saturday.
The 19-year-old Sow scored with a header from a nook within the 84th minute. The ball went in off the underside of the crossbar to beat Lille goalkeeper Ivo Grbic on his debut.
Turkish veteran Burak Yilmaz had put Lille in entrance within the thirty seventh. The ball rebounded off a defender earlier than the 36-year-old Yilmaz turned and blasted it previous Etienne Green within the residence facet’s aim.
Lille missed additional good probabilities to construct on the lead, however Green was in glorious kind and made a number of key saves.
Sow scored to extend the stress on Lille coach Jocelyn Gourvennec after a 3-3 draw at Metz was adopted by a 4-0 residence loss to Nice.
Saturday’s draw leaves Lille seven factors behind Paris Saint-Germain after simply three rounds.

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Monaco’s poor league begin additionally continued with a 2-0 loss at residence to Lens, one other workforce that had been in search of its first win.
Ignatius Ganago and Simon Banza scored within the second half for Lens, with Monaco goalkeeper Alexander Nübel at fault for the opener within the 51st minute.
Ganago simply received previous Monaco defender Strahinja Pavlovic after which fired straight at Nübel from a slim angle. But the German goalkeeper, who’s on mortgage from Bayern Munich for the season, failed to carry onto Ganago’s shot because it squirmed previous and contained in the close to put up.
Lens had Cheick Doucouré despatched off for a nasty problem on Krépin Diatta on the hour-mark, however Monaco’s Aleksandr Golovin adopted him off within the eighty fifth for his sort out on Banza.
Banza had the ultimate say when he sealed the end in damage time.