Soccer-Lens sink Monaco to pile pressure on Kovac

Soccer Football - Ligue 1 - AS Monaco v RC Lens - Stade Louis-II, Monaco - August 21, 2021 RC Lens' Ignatius Ganago in action with AS Monaco's Strahinja Pavlovic REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

MONACO (Reuters) - Opportunist goals by Ignatius Ganago and substitute Simon Banza gave Lens a 2-0 win at Monaco and piled the pressure on home manager Niko Kovac after both teams finished with 10 men in their Ligue 1 clash on Saturday.

The result provisionally lifted Lens up to fourth on five points from three games after their first league win of the season while Monaco dropped to 17th with one point following a second successive defeat.