The match after a Lyon loss...
Published on 28 April 2006 at 11:12 AM

OL has always bounced back after a defeat this season, even after the elimination by Nantes in the Coupe de la Ligue. Hindsight merely proves Gérard Houllier's theory that a great team never loses twice in a row.
It was at Nantes in the Coupe de la Ligue that Lyon first tasted what it was like to be on the receiving end this season after a penalty shoot-out elimination. The following match they beat Sochaux, 1-0, at the Stade Gerland.
Their first actual defeat of the season was at Gerland against Lille, just before the winter break. Caçapa and Co returned to action in January with a 4-0 success over Strasbourg.
The second defeat was also at at home, this time against Rennes; but the Olympians responded in style, defeating Ajaccio, 3-1, in their next outing.
The third defeat was at San Siro against AC Milan. The future quintuple champions of France bounced back with three more league points at home to Nice, 2-1.
The fourth was in the Coupe de France, again at Gerland, against Marseille. Les Lyonnais erased that memory at the Parc des Princes four days later against PSG, 1-0.
The fifth defeat was last Sunday against Monaco...
Their first actual defeat of the season was at Gerland against Lille, just before the winter break. Caçapa and Co returned to action in January with a 4-0 success over Strasbourg.
The second defeat was also at at home, this time against Rennes; but the Olympians responded in style, defeating Ajaccio, 3-1, in their next outing.
The third defeat was at San Siro against AC Milan. The future quintuple champions of France bounced back with three more league points at home to Nice, 2-1.
The fourth was in the Coupe de France, again at Gerland, against Marseille. Les Lyonnais erased that memory at the Parc des Princes four days later against PSG, 1-0.
The fifth defeat was last Sunday against Monaco...