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00:00an Easter Sunday feast to finish the weekend in Ligue 1 Saint Etienne and Lyon going head-to-head
00:09in the most passionate derby in the French game and this one of course hugely important at both
00:17ends of the table Saint Etienne fighting to avoid relegation and Lyon fighting for a place in the
00:25Champions League next season come here tonight on the back of that defeat against Manchester United
00:32in an incredible Nade just important for Saint Etienne to keep cool heads as well of course
00:43Leo Petro cross it it's a good one header from Stassan and the Belgian put Saint Etienne in front
01:01but look at what that means he's in brilliant form and he wasn't really picked up in the penalty box
01:08Leo Petro with the cross Stassan just left alone it was Moussa Niakate who seemed to be drawn towards
01:15the ball a free header on the edge of the six-yard box Stassan scoring the goal through the legs of Lyon
01:27stand-in goalkeeper Remy Dekon it's his 11th of the season all together for the 20 year old from in
01:36discussions there with the Georgia Maciel Paulo Fonseca's assistant talking tactics and the shot
01:45comes in from Florian Tardieu there's some interesting positions on the left-hand side for Saint Etienne in
01:53the opening stages this evening very difficult of course to execute that skill first time on the
01:58volley and not much goal to aim at from the angle imagine they'll be looking for even more next season
02:06if as expected Alexandre Lacazette moves on
02:22now then it's a red card
02:27for this challenge the studs raking down at the back of Quentin Tolisso's ankle
02:34it's a really painful one for the olympique Lyonnais player and it doesn't look good in slow motion
02:44i don't think there's any uh real intent to do damage has become the villain because he is the player
02:53Lucas Darsan is set off
02:54and Francois Le Texier will come and have a look at the uh VAR screen well very important VAR
03:05checks in that Real Madrid Arsenal Champions League game during the week
03:12and he's produced the red cards he's decided to come by his decision or is he going to
03:16reduce it perhaps to yellow
03:22yeah it's going to be a yellow card instead of the red
03:35right then
03:40Lacazette gets a yellow card
03:41he did uh catch the Saint Etienne player
03:49Leon trailing in the derby
03:59and Lacuocu with a bit of a miss hit and it's uh fallen for
04:05nearly a disastrous introduction for Polacu
04:07of an immediate return to Ligue 2 how they need the victory tonight to boost their survival hopes
04:16Lacuocu's pass is intercepted and he then gives away the free kick for catching Davitashvili and he's
04:22going to get a yellow card as well it's really not
04:25no Nemanja Matic this evening for Lyon
04:35Saint Etienne get it clear
04:37here comes Lucas Darsan
04:40socks rolled down around his ankles plays it in for Davitashvili he's through on goal
04:45and he's missed the target Zuriko Davitashvili
04:48that was for Saint Etienne to double their lead
04:52Davitashvili in behind the Lyon defence he should have scored
04:59seven goals the Georgian has got he's been eclipsed as Saint Etienne's leading attacking player
05:06well the shot coming in from Vertu well that's a bit better
05:20Stassan Stassan Stassan with a brilliant shot from range
05:39Stassan just popping up in a bucket of space and then letting fly and Remy Dekon got his fingertips to that
05:50Tietienne can keep him beyond this season because he is proving to be a revelation
06:03in the second half of this campaign now then the assistant referee on the far side has clearly
06:08been struck by something which is not good news
06:20let's hope there is no blood drawn here
06:30exactly the kind of thing that we do not want to see
06:34and the Saint-Etienne players are just looking towards their fans on that side
06:39and calling on them to calm down a bit
06:42because if something has been thrown at the assistant referee
06:45well that is pretty awful
06:49the referee appears to be calling a halt to the game here
07:02Paulo Fonseca up from his seat in the stand
07:18a bit of confusion about exactly what is the decision by the referee
07:24it looks like he's taking everybody off the pitch
07:27and we'll try to get some clarity on this
07:30but it looks like a pretty categorical decision by the referee
07:36the first half is not finished
07:37we should now be into stoppage time at the end of the half
07:40and there should be several minutes of that
07:42so that would suggest that this is not a case of the first half being stopped early
07:47but I'm going to have to try and find out exactly
07:54what the officials decide to do
08:00and we will keep you up to date as swiftly as possible
08:10that's why the players have come off the pitch
08:16now let's see this again
08:17keep an eye on the assistant referee on the left hand side
08:19and something is thrown
08:20it looks like probably a coin
08:22and you can see his reaction
08:25there you can see at the impact
08:26now let's hope there's no blood drawn
08:29but that is for the assistant referee
08:32it's the Leon player who was getting ready to take the throw
08:35on the far side perhaps he was the intended target
08:38either way it doesn't matter
08:40and that is why the referee
08:43was swift in his decision to take the teams off the pitch
08:49and let's see if they come back out
08:50which will now restart Midi Ramouni
09:02the assistant referee who was struck by that object
09:04able to retake his place on the far side
09:08and the game will begin again
09:10in the final seconds of the first 45 minutes
09:14we will then have added time
09:17understand about four minutes of that
09:19and then it will be half time
09:34and the game restarting with a Leon throw
09:42Abner Vinicius taking it
09:45Leon trailing 1-0
09:47and it's Leon who get us underway then
09:52in the second half of the derby
09:54and it has already been a pretty remarkable affair
09:59Saint-Étienne were superb
10:01in that first half before the game was halted
10:05a long delay almost the length of the first half itself
10:1045 minutes stoppage
10:12the final few minutes of the half played out
10:16but Saint-Étienne lead 1-0
10:17Leon have offered very little
10:19Lacazette is in looking to go around L'Arcenaire
10:26from the angle
10:27too high for Kumbedi it was in the middle
10:31France is gone
10:32well nevertheless this is better from Leon
10:34at the start of the second half
10:35Lacazette was in an offside position
10:37when that ball was played
10:38going around L'Arcenaire
10:40ball into the middle
10:48it's come off the head of a Saint-Étienne player
10:50home team struggling to get it away
10:52and there's the header from
10:55to the second half
10:56in stark contrast to the
10:58first period for the away team
11:00Charletas are off target
11:02Michael Tadze lost out
11:09Saint-Étienne defending high up the pitch
11:12and the
11:12card is going to be produced
11:16here now George Michael Tadze and Florian Tardieu
11:18staying down after that collision
11:20Michael Tadze treading on the
11:26Achilles really of
11:30free kick then to Saint-Étienne
11:36Zuriko Davitashvili
11:38to take it
11:39the Georgian
11:40high ball
11:42which Rémy Descons wasn't too sure about
11:44has to tip it over
11:45the one-time Paris Saint-Germain
11:47and Nantes keeper
11:48has got plenty of experience
11:51but
11:51still difficult to come in from the cold
11:54in a game like this one
11:55but officials are not going to give a penalty for that
11:58now then
12:07referee
12:08allowing the play to continue there
12:10everybody had seen to
12:11to stop
12:12as referee's whistle does go
12:14a bit of confusion
12:18because
12:19some of the players have thought that ball had gone out
12:22with his pace on the break
12:23to coming on in the second half at Old Trafford
12:28and the shot from range from Ekwa
12:34tremendous hit
12:36very nearly 2-0
12:39in on loan from Sunderland's in English Championship
12:43letting fly
12:44and that one
12:48nearly finding the top corner
12:49it rattled
12:50hasn't been much to shout about
12:52for Lever in this fixture
12:54in recent times
12:55they have lost five of the last six
12:58Stassan
13:00Lucas Stassan
13:01lines up another shot
13:02it's 2-0
13:03Stassan again
13:05he cannot stop scoring
13:13and he has delivered a double
13:15in the biggest game of all
13:17for this club
13:18Bernauer
13:21picking up that loose ball
13:23and it just fell
13:25kindly for Stassan
13:27just inside the Lyon half
13:29he was
13:29not challenged
13:31the Lyon defenders
13:32backing off
13:33and he was able to pick his spot
13:36the form he's in
13:37he fancied his chances
13:39a great finish
13:40bad news for Lyon
13:45delight
13:47Fofanas Paulin
13:52can Lyon respond
13:54Maitland-Niles
13:55and again
13:57it's off the post
13:58from Ainsley Maitland-Niles
14:00out to Malik Fofana
14:02the young Belgian
14:02to the floor
14:03this was the
14:04shot by Maitland-Niles
14:06which came off the upright
14:07Ainsley Maitland-Niles
14:09nearly pulling one back
14:11they beat Lille here
14:15in September
14:16that was
14:16the finest result
14:18of the campaign
14:19up until now
14:21slip by Appiat
14:23Fofana takes advantage
14:25and the shot is over the bar
14:26from Mikhail Tadze
14:27in fact it took a deflection
14:28on its way
14:29Dennis Appiah
14:33nearly paying the price
14:34for that slip
14:35Lyon
14:43heading for a derby defeat
14:46they've had seven wins
14:47in ten in the league
14:47under Paulo Fonseca
14:48Tessman
14:50Tessman
14:50Tessman
14:51he's put one back
14:52what a time for Tanner Tessman
14:54to get his first Lyon goal
14:56and that sets up
14:59the possibility of a
15:02grandstand finish here
15:03brought in from
15:05Venezia in Italy
15:07at the start of the season
15:09not brought in
15:10to score goals
15:11but
15:12they needed a bit of magic
15:13from somewhere
15:14and Tessman
15:16with a turn
15:16to get away
15:17from Dennis Appiah
15:18to just open up
15:19a little bit of space
15:20for the shot
15:20expertly done
15:22it's Saint-Etienne
15:242 Lyon 1
15:26Mouton
15:33over the bar
15:36from the substitute
15:36an immediate reply
15:38from Saint-Etienne
15:39looking to restore
15:40their two goal advantage
15:41John Texter
15:45with the baseball cap
15:47on now
15:47keeping his appearance
15:50discreet
15:51in the stands
15:52yellow card
15:53for Dennis Appiah
15:54Saint-Etienne's
15:55two fullbacks
15:56fourth place
16:01enters in the
16:02preliminary rounds
16:03David Tashvili
16:07hits it
16:08well off target
16:09from the Georgian
16:10will be in the
16:12Europa League
16:13next season
16:14sixth in the
16:15touchstone
16:17for Ben Holt
16:19the substitute
16:21fancy hitting it
16:23from outside the box
16:24comes off the head
16:25of Dujicil Etasar
16:26what happened in
16:27Manchester
16:28Malik Fofanas
16:30cross
16:30Petro gets his
16:33head to it
16:34and
16:34Clinton Mata
16:37then
16:38catches Petro
16:39and Mata's
16:41going to get a card
16:42here
16:42for leaving the
16:44boot in
16:44high boot five minutes of stoppage time have come and gone and there is the full-time whistle
16:57sanatian pulls off a crucial win and takes all three points keeping their hopes alive
17:04in the battle to avoid relegation thanks for being with us here on main sports
17:10sanatian take the derby