Last-gasp Coulibaly puts Gent in sight of progress


Kalifa Coulibaly headed the champ in the last seconds of the match to take the guests second in Group H and end Lyon's European crusade.

Kalifa Coulibaly scored the most sensational of victors with the last touch of the match as Gent earned a win at Lyon that took the Belgian debutants into second place in Group H and finished their has' European battle for one more year.

Having taken stand out point from their initial four apparatuses, Lyon required a positive begin in what was the last European amusement at their Stade Gerland, and appropriately got it because of Jordan Ferri's first objective since December 2014. Rachid Ghezzal won the ball 20 meters out and postponed his go to permit Ferri an unmistakable run; the Lyon midfielder beat the generally flawless Matz Sels at his close post.

The Gent goalkeeper twice denied Alexandre Lacazette as Lyon tried to squeeze home their preference, despite the fact that the guests left behind a wonderful opportunity to even out when Brecht Dejaegere lashed over from inside the punishment region. An open first half highlighted four shots on objective for every side – and in the 32nd moment, Danijel Milicevic's fine twisting free-kick leveled matters.

Sels stayed occupied with, punching ceaselessly a savage Rafael drive, while his inverse number Anthony Lopes kept out a Dejaegere header before the break to keep everything square. The onus was on Lyon to press, in any case, and they properly continued heaping forward after half-time, Sels sparing a Mathieu Valbuena volley and Ghezzal's shot.

The Gent goalkeeper then dove on his right side to deny Ghezzal again as the home group kept on hunting down the objective that would have expanded their round of 16 trusts into matchday six. Two minutes from time, Lacazette's blocked shot implied their last open door had gone; rather, Coulibaly headed in from a corner profound into added time to take the focuses back to Belgium and leave Gent inside of sight of advancemen
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