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Le FC Nantes a concédé une défaite logique face au Paris FC (1-2), un revers lourd de conséquences puisque les Canaris voient leur adversaire du soir prendre cinq points d’avance et les laisser en position de barragiste. Malgré une réaction en début de seconde période, les Nantais n’ont jamais réellement semblé en mesure d’inverser le cours de la rencontre. Premier but de Luca Koleosho Un Paris FC dominateur d’entrée Dès les premières minutes, le Paris FC impose son rythme. À la 8e minute, Kebbal récupère un ballon à une quarantaine de mètres du but, se projette plein axe et déclenche une frappe ras de terre des vingt mètres. Anthony Lopes, masqué, est battu sur sa gauche : 0-1. Les Parisiens pensent doubler la mise quelques minutes plus tard par Gory, mais le but est refusé. L’arbitre estime que Krasso, en protégeant son ballon dans la surface, a commis une faute sur Sissoko, une décision contestable tant le contact semble léger. Très en vue sur son côté droit, Kebbal continue de faire des différences. À la 19e minute, il élimine deux adversaires avant de tenter sa chance de loin, sans cadrer. Nantes souffre, peine à conserver le ballon et a du mal à franchir la ligne médiane. Les Canaris tentent néanmoins de réagir en contre. Abline part seul dans l’axe, mais Sangui le pousse intelligemment vers l’extérieur avant de récupérer le ballon. Trop peu pour inquiéter un Paris FC solide et bien en place. À la pause, les visiteurs mènent logiquement. Nantes a longtemps subi et peut s’estimer heureux de n’être mené que d’un but. Un sursaut nantais vite étouffé Au retour des vestiaires, le FC Nantes montre un tout autre visage. Les Canaris mettent davantage d’intensité et sont récompensés à la 51e minute. Bien lancé dans la profondeur, Abline prend de vitesse la défense parisienne et expédie une frappe splendide en pleine lucarne. Trapp est impuissant : 1-1. Mais ce sursaut est de courte durée. Le Paris FC reprend progressivement le contrôle du jeu. Traoré multiplie les centres, dont l’un est d’abord contré, avant de trouver la faille à la 78e minute. Sur un centre venu de la droite, Luca Koleosho, tout juste arrivé au club, se retrouve seul aux six mètres et reprend du gauche. Lopes est battu : 1-2. Nantes trop limité En fin de match, Nantes tente de pousser mais manque de justesse, d’idées et d’énergie. Le Paris FC gère sereinement son avantage jusqu’au coup de sifflet final. À ce niveau de prestation, il est difficile d’imaginer comment les Canaris auraient pu espérer mieux ce soir. L’entraineur nantais Kantari « On a été trop friables défensivement aujourd’hui. On doit être beaucoup plus solides, encore plus à la maison. On donne le premier but. Sur le deuxième, on doit avoir beaucoup plus d’agressivité. Ce match s’est joué sur l’efficacité offensive. Le PFC a été beaucoup plus efficace et nous, on a manqué d’agressivité défensive. Il faut être beaucoup plus méchants, mais dans le bon sens du terme : dans l’agressivité, dans les duels, gagner le rapport de force avec son adversaire. C’est la base. On a bien su le faire à Marseille.

Live Blog Fulltime Thoughts – Everton’s home form continues to mixed, but away from home with the odds piled up against him, David Moyes pulls out another defensive masterclass. Garner impressive once again, Rohl did well too. Defence impenetrable, surely O’Brien has to stay next to Tarkowski going forward. 90+5’ – Final whistle from Tony Harrington, Everton win 1-0 at Aston Villa!! That is the first time Unai Emery has lost to Everton, and the Toffees first win against Villa since 2016! 90+4’ – Armstrong backs off too far and Konsa finds Tielemans, his deep cross is met by Buendia but the header is quite wide. We are at 94 minutes played here. 90+3’ – Rogers tripled up on and loses the ball, petulantly tugs Garner back. England manager Thomas Tuchel apparently came to watch Rogers, but will leave impressed by Garner. 90+2’ – McNeil jumps in and wins a freekick on the edge of the attacking third, and the clock ticks on relentlessly. Villa lead the league in gaining points from losing positions. 89’ – Rohl doing very well in the middle in taking the ball away from the backline and relieving the presure, wins a freekick. He has been pretty good today. Still don’t love how long he takes on the ball, but his effort has been solid.Just the four minutes to be added on here. 87’ – Deep cross into the Everton box, Myko and Guessand duel and the latter puts it out, goalkick. 84’ – Everton make their first substitution, with goalscorer Thierno Barry coming off for Beto. 80’ – Buendia turns McNeil and runs away.. Tarky steps up and now McNeil can go the other way. Lovely ball into space for Barry who slips and falls on this greasy surface. Ooof. Crosses going left and right across the Everton box, Digne tries a scissor-kick from a narrow angle, straight at Pickford. 79’ – Rogers barges into the Everton box again but is losing his footing and the Blues can clear. 75’ – Garner plays Armstrong in down the right inside channel, the youngster’s low cross into the box is cleared. Jordan Pickford with a second incredible save in just a matter of weeks. First against Wolves, and now this one at Villa. #EFC pic.twitter.com/STwB32GQRt— Royal Blue Mersey (@RBMersey) January 18, 2026 72’ – Villa pressing the Blues now, cross pings around, off JOB’s thigh, and Patto clears for a corner. Cleared, falls to a Villa player outside the box, shot goalbound.. and Pickford soars across to make a stunning save! Resulting corner is from the Villa sub Digne who we all know so well, cleared for another corner. That one is well-taken by Pickford and the pressure is relieved, for now. 70’ – Promising attack with numbers but once again Rohl takes too long on the ball. Really needs to get that sorted out. 69’ – Low cross from Maatsen, Watkins shot blocked by Tarky – crowd want a penalty, of course, but his arm was in a natural position and VAR check is good for the Blues. 66’ – Rohl lucky to not join the ranks of the booked here, had his studs on the back of Maatsen’s leg. Brilliant tackle from behind to retrieve and distribute the ball by Garner. Perfectly timed. 65’ – Rogers blazes a shot from inside the box over, Grealish was doing his due defensive dilligence there. 60’ – GOALLLLLLL!!!! Deep ball into the Villa half, Konsa’s clearance blocked by Barry, comes to Torres whose touch is awful and hands the ball over to McNeil. He tries a curling left footer that Martinez saves, but can’t hold, and Barry pounces and chip sit over the goalie and in at the far post!!! VAR is NOT taking this one away from the Toffees, Everton lead 1-0 at Villa Park. WHAT. A. FINISH. 😨A MAJOR error from Torres opens the door for Barry! pic.twitter.com/Jjx0PerO6x— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) January 18, 2026 View Link 58’ – Garner’s freekick is poor and cleared, and then he can’t keep the return ball in. 56’ – Grealish gets away from Bogarde who hacks him down and will get booked, first Villa booking of the afternoon. Now Rogers charges through the middle, Garner lets him…

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Everton’s FA Cup penalty shootout defeat to Sunderland last weekend ensured that the club’s quest to end its current silverware drought would extend into a 32nd year. Whilst the manner of the exit left a sour taste, that the Blues lost was not, in itself, a surprise. Shorn of options due to injury, AFCON and suspension, David Moyes was limited in the team he could put out — signalled by the presence on the bench of only one player who’s had senior minutes this season, in Thierno Barry. Things aren’t going to get better in the short term either, with little action on the transfer front being signalled, and returning players not yet back — though Jack Grealish will be available, having completed a one-match ban. Hopefully, that situation will change by the end of the month, but for this afternoon’s road game against Aston Villa, the Toffees arrive in suboptimal condition. Form The Birmingham outfit were faced with a tight position – with regard to the Premier League’s financial regulations – heading towards this season, and attempted to rectify this by moving out some significant earners, such as Philippe Coutinho and Leon Bailey, along with selling academy product Jacob Ramsey to Newcastle United for a sizeable fee (€45.2m). Several players arrived, though major funds were committed only to the purchase of Nice forward Evan Guessand (€30m), with other reinforcements arriving as loans (Jadon Sancho, Harvey Elliot), or free transfers (Viktor Lindelöf). That the veteran former Manchester United centre half has been the one to accrue the most game time so far is indicative of a failed transfer window for Villa. Sancho has been in and out of the side, though has started two of the last four league games, but Elliot is in limbo, having played a combined 174 minutes so far across all competitions. His loan move from Liverpool will be made permanent for an agreed fee of €41m should he make ten league appearances, and Villa have apparently decided that they no longer want the man named player of the tournament during the summer’s Euro 2025 Under-21 tournament. When today’s hosts arrived at Hill Dickinson Stadium early in the season, they’d yet to win a game – or even score a goal – but frustrated Everton in a goalless stalemate, with a negative game plan. A couple more draws followed, but from the end of September the Midlanders embarked on a complete turnaround in form, and have won 19 from 23 in all competitions, including a run of eleven straight, which was ended only by league leaders Arsenal. They await the visitors having dispatched Tottenham Hotspur last weekend, in the FA Cup, and on an eleven game winning streak at Villa Park. Team Assessment Villa will almost certainly line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation. Emi Martinez faces a late fitness test, so it’s likely that experienced backup Marco Bizot will deputize. The Dutchman is an able replacement, but is nowhere near on the same level as the World Cup winner. Matty Cash will line up at right back, but on the left former Blue Lucas Digne has been alternating with Ian Maatsen. Since the younger man started against Spurs, it’s likely that the 32-year-old Digne will get the nod today. Ezri Konsa is a lock at centre half, and although Lindelöf has started the last six league games in place of the injured Pau Torres, the Spaniard was back for the cup game last weekend, so may retain his spot. Villa’s midfield will be without both ex-Toffee Amadou Onana and the excellent Boubacar Kamara, due to injury, but Youri Tielemans will look to orchestrate things from a deep position. Lamare Bogarde was handed a rare start against Everton in September, and will do so again. He’s a solid defensive midfielder, but a significant dropoff compared to Kamara, or Onana. Playing higher up will probably be Morgan Rogers, the team’s joint leading scorer, though John McGinn may do so, if Rogers is deployed wide. With Villa having offloaded their only other senior forward, Donyell Malen to Roma a couple of days…