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00:00Montpellier are all in red today and are very much in the red zone in Ligue 1, bottom of the table

00:14as we come up to the halfway stage of the season. They're in dire straits, seven points away from

00:21safety at kickoff. Angers meanwhile are sitting just above the drop zone themselves. This therefore

00:28is a massive. Left-sided centre-back sending a long ball forward. That one is

00:36controlled by Alivina. It falls for the shot from Esteban Lupo which

00:40finds the back of the net. The referee's whistle had already gone.

00:58Alivina

01:04back with Abdeli again.

01:08Cross in from the right. The ball returned into the six-yard box and eventually the wild swipe.

01:19The ball towards Alivina who gets the break of the ball up against Sila.

01:23Jim Alivina bounding into the box. The ball again.

01:29Really well done by Angers who take the lead here in Montpellier.

01:33In this relegation six-pointer Esteban Lupo on target once again.

01:38The breakthrough comes on the half hour mark. Montpellier had been pushing forward at the

01:52other end but in Esteban Lupo, Angers have a striker in form. He was involved initially with

02:00the ball out to the right-hand side. Alivina got the break from the challenge by Sila. The ball

02:06came back to him and Lupo continuing his run into the penalty box to finish off the chance.

02:12It is his fourth goal of the season between league and cup. It was Lupo who got the breakthrough

02:20goal in the win against Brest last weekend. It was he who got the only goal when Angers won

02:25in the cup just before the winter break and once again he gets Angers in front today.

02:37What is Jean-Louis Gasset into that tally today?

02:44Fahed El-Mellali heading towards the byline. He's got support behind him from Florent Arnaud.

02:52Abdelli gone beyond the allotted one minute stoppage time.

02:56Angers just looking to keep hold of the ball for now.

02:59And there is the halftime whistle and it is met with

03:05boos ringing out around the Stade de la Monson here because Montpellier who began the day

03:11three points adrift at the bottom of the league hand table, seven points away from safety

03:16are trailing at home to relegation rivals Angers. Esteban Lupo who's been in fight

03:21form in recent weeks with the breakthrough goal half an hour in and if it stays this way

03:27Montpellier's crisis will deepen still further. Montpellier nil, Angers one at the break.

03:38Montpellier then getters underway in the second half.

03:42Ligue 1's bottom club trailing by a goal to nil here against Angers. One of their fellow

03:48relegation strugglers. Esteban Lupo with the goal half an hour in for the away side. Montpellier

03:56coach Jean-Louis Gasset making a change at the interval.

04:00Midfielder Rabih Nzingula off and forward Arnaud Nordin on.

04:09Moussa El Tamari again foul on him and a free kick given.

04:17Well he has been lively today but the end product has not been there. Caught by Florent Annal.

04:26Bioumla was the defender and Emmanuel Bioumla doesn't play the ball.

04:38Does make contact with the man.

04:45No suggestion that this is being flagged by the VAR team though. It is going to just be

04:51the free kick I think which Tidji Savanieh will take.

05:02Well then no there is going to be a VAR check.

05:05This is the first break in play we've had since the incident.

05:11And this would suggest that there is

05:15a real doubt in the minds of the VAR team. They think that maybe the referee got that one wrong.

05:20Very hard for the referee to make the call in the moment.

05:38Really you have to say that Adams is prevented from making any connection with that ball because

05:44of the touch from Bioumla. Now the goalkeeper is right there.

05:50And makes the save. But would that situation have been different

05:56if Emmanuel Bioumla had not been present, had not got the touch on Adams? I'm not going to second

06:04guess what the referee decides here but there is contact by the defender on the Montpellier player.

06:19Well it looks like he is going to give a penalty kick to Montpellier.

06:32Is that the break that they were looking for? Emmanuel Bioumla's

06:36contact on Adcor Adams has been penalized following the VAR check.

06:41And Montpellier will have the chance from the spot to get themselves back level.

06:52VAR check and Tidji Sevaniye taking it. Beats Fofana and it's 1-1.

07:03And that pouring of relief more than anything else from the Montpellier players and fans.

07:10The club president Laurent Nicolin sat on the bench alongside the coaching staff.

07:16Not betraying any signs of emotion.

07:20And this is a game that Montpellier can ill afford to lose. Really they need to win it.

07:26They have the equalizer and they'll hope now to build on that moment.

07:33The break that they got from getting the penalty in the first place.

07:40Tidji Sevaniye who has had the captain's armband taken away from him.

07:50Just finished above Lorient.

07:53Lepaul again. Another goal from Esteban Lepaul and Angers are back in front.

08:00It's come against the run of play because the home team

08:04had had the bit between their teeth since getting the equalizer.

08:09And the home fans are left stunned.

08:15Only the tiny band of traveling supporters

08:19celebrating now. A shake of the head from the Montpellier goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte.

08:23And again the ball fed through from Lepaul.

08:28Bessie Romiragic was the Montpellier defender who seemed to misread the pass from

08:33Abdelimal. In fact it took a big touch off the Montpellier player.

08:36That's why and Lepaul lapped it up. He continues his fine form in front of goal.

08:47It's the fourth time he scored in three games for Angers between league and cup.

08:56Before today.

09:02All the free kicks being given and Kiki Kouyaté.

09:07Not much more than 10 minutes after coming on as a substitute on his

09:10comeback from injury has earned himself a second yellow card.

09:15And Montpellier will finish the game with 10 men.

09:21Kouyaté clearly blocking Ibrahim Anian.

09:27Preventing the Angers striker from advancing towards goal.

09:33And Kouyaté is off. He clearly feels that's harsh.

09:45And Feri gives away the free kick for catching Zinedine Ferhat and it's a straight red card

09:51for Jordan Feri. He feels he was just protecting the ball. He turns and complains to the assistant

09:57referee and this is remarkable. Two red cards a minute apart.

10:16He maybe did catch the Angers player. Perhaps the Angers player made the most of it but

10:22it was picked. Kasri's delivery.

10:28Oh and it's been misjudged. Lecoultre's not going to get there.

10:33And Angers running through to wrap up the points once and for all. They've done it this time.

10:42Zinedine Ferhat makes it 3-1.

10:46Finally they've killed off Montpellier and you sense

10:49Montpellier may well have been killed off as a top-flight team today.

10:55Horrible, horrible day at the office for the bottom club in the division.

11:02Beaten here by their relegation rivals. Angers had chances to make sure of all three points before this.

11:10The corner cleared and with Benjamin Lecoultre, the goalkeeper, having gone forward to attack the corner.

11:15There was nobody there to prevent Ferhat tucking it home.

11:23Third goal for Angers, sealing three points for them.

11:34Just a calamity for the home team. That was the last action of the game.

11:40Montpellier finishing with nine men as well.

11:43They are rooted to the foot of the table and it's Alexandre Dujeux, the Angers coach,

11:47who celebrates with his players. The final score here is Montpellier 1, Angers 3.

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