- Nigerian international made his sixth appearance
- Moses had a brilliant display for Nantes
Super Eagles winger, Moses Simon was at his best mettle as he scored a goal and bagged two assists as Nantes defeated Lorient 5-3 in Saturday’s Ligue 1 game.
The Nigerian international, who was making his sixth appearance, had a decent display for Nantes.
It was Lorient that took the early lead through Eli Kroupi Jr in the sixth minute before Abline leveled parity for the host in the 42nd minute thanks to an assist from Simon.
Comert made it 2-1 for Nantes in the 46th minute before Mohamed extended their lead to 3-1 in the 55th minute. However, Faivre reduced the scoreline to 3-2 when he netted in the 75th minute before Mollet scored a brilliant goal to make it 4-2 thanks to another assist from the Nigerian international.
Aiyegun netted for Lorient to reduce the scoreline to 4-3, but Simon ensure the game is put to bed when he netted a penalty to all but end any comeback from Lorient.
The win move Nantes to sixth on the league table on eight points while Lorient sit 14th on six points.
In another story, Samuel Chukwueze was named among the substitute as AC Milan defeated Hellas Verona 1-0 in their Serie A clash at that San Siro.
Portugal international Rafael Leao scored the winning goal in the sixth minute.
It ended a run of two games without a win for the Rooseneri.
It was the first time Chukwueze will not be involved in a competitive game for Stefano Pioli’s side since season.
Milan goalkeeper Marco Sportiello needed a couple of big saves to get the better of Verona.
Verona also paraded Nigerian-born midfielder Michael Folorunso in the game.
Folorunso came close to scoring twice in the keenly contested encounter.
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