"Lyon" pulls off a surprise and tops the French league on goal difference.
Olympique Lyon secured an important victory over their visitors Nice with a score of 2-1, propelling them to the top of the Ligue 1 table, benefiting from a goal difference due to the close points among the competing teams.
Lyon leads over defending champions Paris Saint-Germain, Paris FC, and Lille, all of whom have a goal difference of +5, and Monaco, who has +4.
Lyon is one of five clubs with 14 points after 7 rounds, but they sit alone at the top thanks to a goal difference of +8.
Nice opened the scoring through Elye Wahi in the 18th minute, before Lyon responded with two goals from Pavel Schuultz and American midfielder Tanner Tessmann.
Lyon faced tough challenges in the final minutes, playing with ten men for the last twenty minutes after substitute Kito Nakamura was sent off for a violent tackle, and the referee disallowed a goal scored by Elye Wahi for offside in the fourth minute of stoppage time.
Lyon leads over defending champions Paris Saint-Germain, Paris FC, and Lille, all of whom have a goal difference of +5, and Monaco, who has +4.
Lyon is one of five clubs with 14 points after 7 rounds, but they sit alone at the top thanks to a goal difference of +8.
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