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Tolisso scores last-gasp penalty to end Lyon's losing run in draw against Paris FC

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David Parkes

Published 3 months ago

A late penalty from Corentin Tolisso helped Olympique Lyonnais earn a late 1-1 draw at home to Paris FC, extending their unbeaten run at home in Ligue 1 to six games (W5, D1).

[p]The hosts dominated for large parts of the opening 45 minutes, but rarely tested [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/trapp-kevin/QqugudYS/"]Kevin Trapp[/a] in the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/paris-fc/0OEHEprs/"]Paris[/a] goal very often.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/himbert-remi/Ye5mVEh2/"]Remi Himbert[/a] failed to hit the target with a header from a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/morton-tyler/40d4JF8O/"]Tyler Morton[/a] free-kick early on, despite the striker being unmarked.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tessmann-tanner/WjEvCrvs/"]Tanner Tessmann[/a] also tried his luck from distance, but the effort did not concern the German goalkeeper, who was behind it all the way to make the stop in what was the only attempt on target in the first half. [/p][p]Les Bleus created very little in the first period, though Marshall Munetsi had an effort that sliced wide of the mark. [/p][image alt="Lyon - Paris FC match stats" id="1157fda7-e4cd-4a74-9dbe-2f494461bd56" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="066bd2e4-d829-46b2-9cbc-92d10dd9802a" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]The visitors looked bright after the restart, and nearly went in front when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ikone-jonathan/xGBNss8O/"]Jonathan Ikone[/a] played [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/simon-moses/Cj5rnjpG/"]Moses Simon[/a] through on goal, but put the Nigerian shot wide of the target. Paris continued to grow in momentum as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sangui-nhoa/W2ZQhrQI/"]Nhoa Sangui[/a] went close moments later, forcing a save from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/greif-dominik/ID9k7lap/"]Dominik Greif[/a].[/p][p]However, the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lyon/2akflumR/"]Lyon[/a] stopper had a hand in the away side breaking the deadlock, after a corner kick to the back post was nodded back towards the edge of the box, where [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/matondo-rudy/nJqYlXhL/"]Rudy Matondo[/a] unleashed a powerful effort, but Greif parried it into Munetsi’s path. [/p][p][b]The Zimbabwean international could not miss from there, converting his chance to put the Parisians in front. The offside flag was raised to initially rule the goal out, but following a VAR review, Munetsi was able to celebrate his third goal in as many matches.[/b][/p][p]Lyon were only able to create a few half-chances after going behind, as they continued to struggle to test Trapp.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/karabec-adam/SClyr2eG/"]Adam Karabec[/a] found [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/abner-vinicius/fcH6s6Fc/"]Abner Vinicius[/a] with a cross, only for the Brazilian’s header to go just over the bar, before the Czech forward had a chance of his own that was thwarted by Paris’ experienced German goalkeeper. [/p][p]Just as it looked like the Parisians were set to claim back-to-back victories in the league for the first time since September, Lyon were awarded a penalty deep into stoppage time after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gory-alimani/CIHpd5Na/"]Alimani Gory[/a] handled [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hamdani-adil/046FrIGN/"]Adil Hamdani[/a]’s cross. [/p][p][b]With VAR’s assistance, the referee pointed to the spot, where [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tolisso-corentin/hQOIoFOs/"]Tolisso[/a] stepped up and buried his penalty to score for a fourth successive league game.[/b][/p][p]The point moves Lyon level with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/marseille/SblU3Hee/"]Marseille[/a] in third place, while Paris will be disappointed with the draw, the Parisians are now unbeaten in their last four games on their travels in Ligue 1. [/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/munetsi-nyasha/2LonY10K/"]Marshall Munetsi[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/paris-fc/0OEHEprs/"]Paris FC[/a])[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/lyon-2akflumR/paris-fc-0OEHEprs/summary/stats/?mid=lr4KuvC4"]Check out the match stats with Flashscore.[/a][/p]

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