Desperate to salvage a result and keep second placed Lens at arm's length at the top of the table, Luis Enrique introduced the big guns in the second half. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Ousmane Dembele, and Lee Kang-in were all summoned from the bench to add attacking impetus.
Lyon, however, refused to buckle under the relentless Parisian pressure. Moreira remained a threat on the counter-attack, nearly putting the game out of reach in the 55th minute with a stinging drive that Safonov did well to parry.