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11/30 16:10 CST Winger Thauvin scores twice as Lens tops French league after
2-1 win at Angers
Winger Thauvin scores twice as Lens tops French league after 2-1 win at Angers
PARIS (AP) --- Lens moved to the top of the French league on Sunday with a 2-1
win at Angers, a day after Paris Saint-Germain faltered.
Recalled France winger Florian Thauvin scored a goal in each half for Lens,
which has a one-point lead over PSG. The defending champion lost 1-0 at Monaco
on Saturday for its second league defeat of the season --- as many as all last
season for PSG.
It was the fourth league win in a row for Lens, and seventh in its last eight
matches. Its only setback during that run was a 2-0 loss at Metz in October.
Thauvin scored in the 45th with a powerful shot into the top corner and in the
74th, while the hosts' goal came from Harouna Djibirin in the 76th.
Marseille missed the chance to overtake PSG at the top after conceding a
stoppage-time goal in a 2-2 home draw with Toulouse on Saturday.
Satriano strikes twice
Lille moved up to fourth place with a 1-0 win at Le Havre, with substitute
Hamza Igamane scoring a late winner after coming on for veteran striker Olivier
Giroud.
Uruguayan striker Martin Satriano scored twice as Lyon beat Nantes 3-0 at home
to climb into sixth spot.
All the goals came in the second half, after Nantes midfielder Junior Mwanga
was sent off for a dangerous challenge late in the first period.
Brazilian defender Abner Vinicius scored in the 51st from close range after
midfielder Tyler Morton's shot hit the post.
Satriano then scored in the 70th and 77th past goalkeeper Anthony Lopes, who
made 489 appearances for Lyon before joining Nantes last year.
Strasbourg dropped to eighth following a 2-1 home loss to Brest.
Senegalese striker Sambou Soumano scored twice as Lorient beat Nice 3-1 at home
to move away from the relegation zone.
Midtable Nice has lost six straight matches in all competitions and the
pressure is increasing on coach Franck Haise.
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