Ben Saghir returns Monaco to winning ways in the French League

Ivorian defender Gila Douet opened the scoring for Strasbourg (29), and 19-year-old Ben Sghir equalized for Monaco in the 79th minute from a penalty kick awarded by the referee after Portuguese Diego Moreira with his hand removed the Moroccan’s shot from the goal line.

Bin Saghir added the second after he controlled the ball and shot with his left foot following a pass from Magnes Akliush (89), before George Ilyinichina sealed the victory for the Emirate Club by scoring the third (90+1).

It is Monaco’s first victory in its last three league matches, as it tied 0-0 against Lille and lost to Angers 0-1 and Nice 1-2 in the last three stages.

This victory comes 4 days after its victory over Italy’s Bologna 1-0 in the fourth round of the Champions League.

The Principality Club regained second place after raising its score to 23 points, three points ahead of third-placed Marseille, which lost to Auxerre 1-3 on Friday at the opening of the competitions.

Lens came from behind against its guest Nantes to win late 3-2.

Nantes has not won in the league since the third stage on August 31 and its victory over Montpellier 3-1, in a series of 8 consecutive matches.

Nantes thought it was heading for its third win this season after leading 2-1 until the 86th minute, but Nigerian Hamza Ogediran equalized after a pass from David Machado, before Canary defender Nicolas Balois gave Tennis the three points with a ball that fell over his goalkeeper when he tried to return it to him. Adrian Thomasson easily followed it into the empty goal (90).

Polish Psemysław Frankowski opened the scoring for Lens (21st from a penalty kick), and Nigerian Moises Daddy Simon equalized for Nantes in a similar scenario in the 36th minute, before Nicolas Koza gave the visitors the lead (71st).

Thanks to this victory, Lens moved to fifth place temporarily with 17 points, while Nantes remains in fourteenth place with 10 points, equal to Angers.

The round continues on Sunday, with matches between Nice and Lille, Rennes against Toulouse, Montpellier against Brest, Le Havre against Reims, and Lyon against Saint-Etienne.