Another clean sheet for this Arsenal flop as Lens win again

by Alessandro Schiavone at Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

An Arsenal flop has kept his goal unbreached for his new club for the second time running.

Australian goalie Matthew Ryan, who replaced Brice Samba at RC Lens, could have turned up with a pipe, dressing gown and flip flops such was the lack of cutting edge that Montpellier presented.

But he produced a great reflex save from Tanguy Coulibaly’s low attempt to earn his bread tonight.

In the end Lens ran out 2-0 winners thanks to a tap-in apiece from Godwin’s Koyalipou and new recruit Jeremy Agbonifo either side of half-time.

Belgian-born Englishman Will Still’s men have now moved up to fifth in the table, level on points with ex-Tottenham misfit Tanguy Ndombele’s OGC Nice.

Yet to concede a goal for les Sang et or, Bernd Leno's Gunners understudy has had a dream start to his new life in northern France.

Lens meanwhile are dreaming of an immediate return to the Champions League, a competition in which they saw off Arsenal less than 18 months ago.