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- Updated: October 22, 2016
Lyon’s alarming slump in form continued on Saturday as they lost 3-1 at home to Guingamp, despite leading scorer Alexandre Lacazette putting them in front at their Parc OL.
Lacazette opened the scoring with his seventh league goal of the campaign from the penalty spot, but Guingamp turned the game on its head with two goals in the first seven minutes of the second period from Yannis Salibur and Marcus Coco.Coco added another to complete the turnaround and condemn Lyon to a fifth defeat in their last six games in all competitions.Remarkably, it was the first time in 35 years that they had lost a league game at home after leading at half-time.
It was also a fifth loss in 10 Ligue 1 outings for Bruno Genesio’s side, who remain 10 points adrift of leaders Nice before they go to Metz on Sunday. Guingamp are fifth.Such a poor start to the campaign for Lyon had not been contemplated after their outstanding run towards the end of last season, and the pressure is now very much on Genesio.”It’s a big blow and hugely disappointing because we’ve lost at home for the second time this season,” lamented Genesio.”We put in two completely …