DEFENDER Duje Caleta-Car helped Lyon to a surprise 1-0 victory against third-placed Monaco in Ligue 1 as the French giants moved off the bottom of the table.
The Croatian defender has started back-to-back matches for the two-time Champions League semi-finalists and they have kept a clean sheet in both games.
Former Saints loanee Ainsley Maitland-Niles set up Jeffinho's decisive goal with just five minutes remaining.
The result means Lyon have climbed to 16th in the table ahead of Clermont Foot and Lorient.
It was bad news, though, for left-back Romain Perraud who came on in the 61st minute of OGC Nice's 3-1 defeat to Le Havre.
Nice remain second in the league behind Paris Saint Germain but they missed the chance to put pressure on the side from the French capital.
It has been an eventful week for young right-back Lewis Payne, who featured twice for Newport County over the past seven days.
Last Tuesday, he scored in a 4-1 FA Cup third-round win against Barnet to set up a fourth-round match-up with Eastleigh.
On Saturday, he played 90 minutes for the Welsh side in their 1-1 draw with Grimsby Town in League 2.
Thierry Small started St Mirren's 0-0 draw with Motherwell in Scotland before he was replaced after 68 minutes.
In non-league, goalkeeper Josh McNamara played the full game as St Albans City beat Chelmsford City 2-1.
Jack Bycroft also played the full 90 minutes as Oxford City were beaten 2-1 by Boreham Wood in the National League.
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