PARIS: Remy Cabella scored twice as Lille put an end to Monaco’s six-game unbeaten run in Ligue 1 with a 4-3 win on Sunday that continued their own resurgence.

Alexsandro and Cabella twice gave Lille the lead at home, but Monaco replied both times with goals from Caio Henrique and Axel Disasi.

Wissam Ben Yedder put Monaco 3-2 ahead early in the second half before Cabella equalised and Jonathan Bamba bagged the winner on 71 minutes.

Paulo Fonseca’s team have won four of their past five matches and moved up one place to sixth on 22 points from 12 games — sending rivals Monaco, with one less point, down to seventh.

Lorient stayed in third with 27 points after a 2-2 draw at Troyes. They are level with second-place Lens and five points behind leaders Paris St Germain.

Croatia midfielder Lovro Majer’s stoppage-time penalty earned fourth-placed Rennes a 2-1 win at bottom side Angers as the Breton side extended their unbeaten league run to eight games.

Nicolas Pepe converted a controversial late penalty to rescue a 1-1 draw for Nice at home to Nantes, who had goalkeeper Alban Lafont sent off for protesting the decision.

Toulouse drew 2-2 at home to Strasbourg. Reims defeated Auxerre 2-1 and Brest won 3-1 away to Clermont.

Published in Dawn, October 25th, 2022