Match Recap
Olivier Giroud waited until the 86th minute, but he delivered when it mattered, heading Lille in front against Lens and sending the home crowd into delirium just as a share of the points looked certain. The veteran striker's late winner snapped a stalemate that had dragged through a tense Ligue 1 derby, and it swings the head-to-head ledger between the two sides back level after Lens had taken the last meeting. In the table, Lille climb to third on 15 points with a mixed DDWLW run, while Lens, who arrived in better form at WWWLD, slip to eighth on 13. Neither side has the kind of firepower that tops the league's scoring charts, E. Lepaul's 27 goals elsewhere sit untouched by anyone on this pitch, but Giroud's nose for a big moment did the job regardless. For a match that looked destined for 0-0, the finish was anything but flat. Watch how Giroud ghosts into the box and finds the far corner in the 86th minute, the goal that turned a draw into three points for Lille.
