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00:00Off we go then, Lyon as usual in all white with their blue and red sash up against a
00:12Le Havre side, neither of those two things really produced any fruit. Lyon though still on the
00:18attack, this is nice by Almada, great ball onto the far side, it's Schurke, lovely ball in,
00:23has the ball taken off his feet by Etienne Ute Kinkoue just as he was pulling the trigger
00:30and what a great piece of defending just when it was needed by Ute Kinkoue.
00:39It does beg the question whether there's a clear and obvious error
00:43with the referee not having given the penalty but he is going to come across now and have a look.
00:48Huge cheer around the Groupama Stadium because they're anticipating what they hope will follow.
00:55Where's the screen gone? There it is.
01:00So then, Ute Kinkoue
01:07saying he does not get the ball in the end and it looks as though that might be pretty damning for
01:14Le Havre. It is a penalty
01:29and to put Lyon in front in a week when they went through to the quarterfinals
01:34of the Europa League, their captain puts them in front from the spot
01:39and Le Havre might have made it through the first 15 minutes without
01:45the opposition scoring which is something they had not done for the last.
01:48So then OL will go up to fifth if they win today, it's the live standings,
01:53Kechner, Kechner still going, Kechner with the ball into the middle,
01:56dived upon by Perry, can't get it away, Kechner again goes down, penalty to Le Havre.
02:02And in a week when Lucas Perry was called the best goalkeeper in the world by Paulo Fonseca.
02:21He is.
02:26Well if it's confirmed then Abdoulaye Touré will probably take it,
02:29Ahmed Hassan took the last one but Touré took two earlier on in the season.
02:37Now is there connection here?
02:46I mean Neymar there looks like he's trying to get out of the way all the time.
02:52Does he succeed? That's the question and are there the images?
02:56There has to be absolute proof here because the penalty has been given this time.
03:03Decision time, oh I thought he was going to wipe it out but in fact he's given it.
03:13Penalty confirmed for Le Havre and an immediate comeback after conceding a spot kick at the other
03:21end. Paulo Fonseca doesn't like it, Alexander Lacazette who scored the penalty for Lyon
03:30questioning the referee and a very wry long look at Monsieur De Chepie after that explanation.
03:41It is indeed Touré who will take the spot kick.
03:44Scored against Saint-Étienne and Hausser and Montpellier but can he do it?
03:52From 11 metres against Lyon he can, oh it's impotent.
03:59Impotent finish.
04:04Well if Lacazette was confident.
04:14That's nice, great ball through Neymar, lead restored after moments.
04:30But did Almada here just wait slightly too long?
04:34And there you go, Kechta, ball taken away from him by Casemir, suddenly Le Havre have it, Mwanga
04:39though behind Samare and a chance again to come forward with Neymar who keeps on going from right
04:45to left and shoots. Good ball forward, Ayoub onto it, there are three other players forward here in
04:54Le Havre's shirts, Kechta leaves it, Touré's thinking about it,
04:58three other players forward here in Le Havre's shirts, Kechta leaves it,
05:01Touré's thinking about it and again just wide.
05:08It's not moved, Matic has lost it, Samare nicks in there and all of a sudden there are four
05:13against four here, back in, Casemir tries to get it, oh it's wonderful.
05:21Smash and grab on half time by Le Havre.
05:25What a wonderful...
05:30Maitland-Niles with the throw to Matic, Serb to Englishman, to Ghanaian, all from distance.
05:43Neither of these sides has a threat from corner kicks much,
05:46out by Ayoub and it comes to Almada, oh it's off the post, did Tagliafico get anything on it?
05:56Well look at this then, out by Ayoub to start with, a brilliant hit by Almada
06:01and it was almost an Argentine international combo that gone, if it had gone in.
06:12Well Almada didn't hit it terrifically well as he looks for his first goal for Lyon.
06:20Tagliafico out wide, Schurke leaves it for Almada, then on by Lacazette, Schurke now to the byline,
06:29again another good ball in and it's wide from Neymar, to Tagliafico,
06:38oh nicely done and here comes Lacazette, oh well that move deserved a goal.
06:45And the first 21st appearance in his second season for the half since coming in from Sochaux
06:52and Lyon also make a substitution, looks like it's Eric Neumar who's going to come off
06:57and Malik Fafana will come on for him, saw him warming up just a moment ago with Mkhitaryan.
07:05Mkhitaryan is going to make his entrance, he's in stunning form after that two goal brace
07:11two goal brace in midweek,
07:16against Stoia Bucharest in which he also had two assists as well.
07:21Malik Fafana feigns a run forward instead though he comes
07:25to him second time around, Fafana from the angle, there it is!
07:30Almost an immediate reaction, oh now in this last part of the game,
07:35Tolisso's corner, all the way through to the back end and it's in, oh my goodness!
07:44Blasted in by Mikatancer!
07:50Two goals on Thursday, two goals set up on Thursday,
07:55another assist today and now what looks like the winner.
08:01Talk about hitting a purple patch of form, Giorgi Mikatancer is lifting Lyon up.
08:24Well the substitutions have changed everything in this game,
08:27can't get it and all of a sudden Malik Fafana is away again,
08:33looking for Mikatancer, little bit wide for the Georgian, back inside!
08:39Finished off by Thiago Albada, a terrific performance from Lyon.
08:47Kick off once more but all of a sudden now the need to push forward for Lahav has rather gone.
08:54The full-time whistle goes and it's a victory for Holland.