: Ligue 1: Monaco, defending champions Lille extend winless starts as PSG set the pace at the top #IndiaNEWS Defending champions Lille were left still looking for their first win of the new French season

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Ligue 1: Monaco, defending champions Lille extend winless starts as PSG set the pace at the top #IndiaNEWS
Defending champions Lille were left still looking for their first win of the new French season after Saidou Sow’s late equaliser secured a 1-1 draw for Saint-Etienne on Saturday.Burak Yilmaz, the veteran Turkish striker who was Lille’s top scorer on their remarkable run to the title in May, had earlier given the visitors the lead with a snap-shot late in the first half.But Saint-Etienne equalised with four minutes remaining when teenage defender Sow met a corner with a towering header, sending the ball over Lille goalkeeper Ivo Grbic – making his debut after signing on loan from Atletico Madrid – and into the net.Lille, whose title-winning coach Christophe Galtier left for Nice in the close season, have started this Ligue 1 campaign with two draws either side of a 4-0 home hammering by Nice.Monaco came third last season to earn a crack at the Champions League but their start has been even worse: after taking one point from their first two outings the principality side went down 2-0 at home to Lens on Saturday.Second-half goals by Cameroonian forward Ignatius Ganago and substitute Simon Banza gave Lens the victory at the Stade Louis II, leaving Monaco eight points behind leaders Paris Saint-Germain already.For Monaco, much now rests...Read more

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