"The podium race is restarted" for an OL with "very little rhythm"

• Undefeated in 2020, OL had Toulouse on Sunday (3-0) to join the Top 5 in Ligue 1.
• Like Maxwel Cornet, author of the first goal against the TFC, the Lyon players believe "to have restarted the race for the podium" by coming back five points from Rennes.
• Despite this great series in progress, Juninho hardly tasted the first period of OL.

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“We did the job, with three goals scored by our attackers. "If the observation of Rudi Garcia is relentless after the sixth Lyon success in a row in 2020, this Sunday against the TFC (3-0), his players had a hard time taking over, for 70 minutes, on a red lantern of Ligue 1 adrift. More lucid in the face of his group's shortcomings, Juninho recalled that OL were the 18th team in the home championship before this meeting.

#TeamOL continues its flawless and streaks its sixth consecutive victory in 2020! 🔴🔵

Our Lyonnais win 3-0 against Toulouse thanks to the achievements of Maxwel Cornet, @ MDembele_10 and Karl Toko Ekambi. #OLTFC

OL are back 5 points from the podium! 💪 pic.twitter.com/l6l249pDZu

"There was very little rhythm and very slow passes in the first period," said the Lyonnais sports director. You have to be honest, you have to do a little more at home: be more aggressive, finer, and react more when you lose the ball. But we have been better and more creative anyway since the start of this year. Carried by a Moussa Dembélé at the peak of his efficiency (seven goals in six games in 2020), the Lyonnais were also able to count on the first goal of their winter rookie Karl Toko Ekambi.

"We are going to the basics, we needed this victory"

"He had a little trouble at the start but it makes sense because he does not know the team well yet and because he lacked a bit of competition," said Rudi Garcia about him. While having a thought for Martin Terrier, victim of vagal discomfort and replaced from the 25th minute of play, the former goalscorer of Angers and Villarreal lived as "a liberation" this victorious cross strike (3-0, 77th). This success allows OL to join the Top 5 and get closer to five points from Rennes (3rd) and ten lengths from OM (2nd).

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"It was not one of our best games, but we responded and the podium race is restarted," said Maxwel Cornet, author of the opening scoring. His new teammate Karl Toko Ekambi goes in the same direction: “We always try to make a good game, but we go to the essentials, we needed this victory. No doubt, the Cameroonian international quickly put himself in tune with classic post-match speeches at OL, Juninho aside.

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