Lyon are desperate to get back into the Champions League but their stuttering start to the new year threatens that ambition just as they face serious financial problems and their American owner finds himself making enemies with the French league.
The defeat keeps Roberto De Zerbi's side 10 points behind PSG, with another huge clash against Lyon, who also stuttered on Sunday against Nantes, up next
Marseille slipped 10 points behind Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint-Germain after a 2-0 loss at Champions League hopefuls Nice on Sunday.
Lyon are desperate to get back into the Champions League but their stuttering start to the new year threatens that ambition just as they face serious financial problems and their American owner finds himself making enemies with the French league.
Germain’s two biggest threats to the Ligue 1 title, sitting 10 points and 13 points behind league leaders PSG, followed by Nice (14) and Lyon (15).
Stade Reims (12th) and FC Nantes (14th) square off on Sunday at 11:15 AM ET, in a matchup between two clubs in the bottom half of the table in Ligue 1.Stade Reims’ last game was a 1-1 draw
Paris Saint-Germain drew 1-1 with Reims. It
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Paris Saint-Germain endured another difficult encounter against Reims at the Parc des Princes after being held to a 1-1 draw in Ligue 1 on Saturday. PSG have now failed to win any of their last three home league games against Reims,
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PSG have now failed to win any of their last three home league games against Reims, last doing so against Bordeaux between August 2010 and August 2012.
Striker Othmane Maamma has come off the bench to score the decisive goal as Montpellier won 2-1 at Toulouse to move off the bottom of the French league.