Where does RCSA-Monaco rank among greatest Ligue 1 McDonald's comebacks?

RC Strasbourg Alsace came back from 4-1 down to beat AS Monaco 5-4 on the final day of the season. We look at some of the other great comebacks in Ligue 1 McDonald's.

When Ismael Doukouré put the ball past his own goalkeeper, Mike Penders, in the 54th minute to increase Monaco's lead to 4-1, Gary O'Neil's side looked dead and buried. But they came roaring back, firstly through Diego Moreira. 26 minutes later and the game had turned on its head, with Martial Godo netting Le Racing's fifth and the ninth of the game. It is one of the most spectacular turarounds, but there are others.

Marseille 5-4 Montpellier (1998/99)

This was perhaps the mother of all comebacks. At the Vélodrome, Montpellier raced into a four-goal lead within the opening 34 minutes. It was a blistering start, absolutely spectacular, but it would pale in comparison with what was to come.

It was a completely different OM that emerged for the second half, but it wasn't until just after the hour mark that Marseille dragged one back. What came next was a barrage on the MHSC goal. Just three minutes after Florian Maurice had netted OM's first, Christophe Dugarry swept home a second. He then doubled his tally a further seven minutes later and OM had hope. When Éric Roy netted in the 83rd minute, they went all out of the win, and they would get it in the final minute of normal time, and it would come courtesy of Laurent Blanc, from the spot.

Roland Courbis, OM manager that day, said that he inspired his players at half-time by talking to them about a popular sport from his region, Petanque. "I like to play it a lot and I have seen more spectacular turnarounds in that than in a football match. You have to believe, play every ball as if it is the last," he said.

Lyon 5-4 Montpellier (2022/23)

Lyon had taken the lead against Montpellier, but what came next was a collapse of epic proportions. Elye Wahi, now on loan at Nice, scored a quickfire brace just before half-time and then another just the other side of the break. This, it seemed, was his day, but history would not tell it that way.

Instead, this was to be the story of another Montpellier collapse and at the hands of another Olympique. Alexandre Lacazette, who netted OL's first, doubled his account and would go on to score four himself, with Dejan Lovren getting the other. The manager for OL on the day? Blanc, the scorer of the winner against MHSC in that classic back in 1998.

It was a record-breaking game for other reasons, with it being only the second time in 75 years in Ligue 1 McDonald's that two players had scored four goals in a single game. "It's nice to watch a match like that isn't it?" said Blanc with a small smile written on his face. "I said there would be goals". And there certainly were.

Lorient 4-4 Montpellier (2013/14)

Why always Montpellier? At least on this occasion, La Paillade took a point but once again, they were left asking how they did not take all three. After Rémy Cabella gave MHSC the lead, Jérémie Aliadiere levelled the scores from the spot after an infringement from Geoffrey Jourdren saw the Montpellier goalkeeper sent off.

But despite their numerical disadvantage, Montpellier began to break clear. When Cabella put his side 4-1 up, the tie looked to have been settled. But Les Merlus came sweeping back, firstly thanks to a goal from Kévin Monnet-Paquet and then came another from Vincent Aboubakar in the first minute of stoppage time. He then doubled his advantage to salvage a point in the most dramatic of circumstances.

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