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Jonathan Mensah was in action as Evian Thonon Gaillard were defeated 2-1 by FC Nantes in Ligue 1.<\/p>\n
The result, combined with a simultaneous victory for Jordan Ayew\u2019s Lorient against Stade Malherbe Caen, pushes Evian closer to the dreaded drop zone.<\/p>\n
Despite winning three matches consecutively recently, l\u2019ETG have been unable to build on those fine showings and have now lost two in a row.<\/p>\n
Their defeat away to the Canaries comes on the back of a 3-1 home loss to Arsenal\u2019s vanquishers AS Monaco last weekend.<\/p>\n
After Saturday\u2019s games, and a victory for fellow strugglers Racing Club de Lens, Evian find themselves in 17th place in the Ligue 1 table. They are only three points ahead of Toulouse, who sit in 18th spot, with nine matches still to place.<\/p>\n
Evian can at least take solace from the fact that several other sides are in a similar predicament near the foot of the table, with OGC Nice and Jordan\u2019s Lorient only two points ahead of them.<\/p>\n
Pascal Dupraz\u2019s outfit defended well for the majority of the first half before conceding moments before the break when Georges-Kevin Nkoudou Mbida found the net after exploiting space in the Evian defence.<\/p>\n
They barely had time to settle after the pause when Togo forward Serge Gakpe met a ball over the top to muscle past Mensah and fire home past Benjamin Leroy.<\/p>\n
Clarck Nsikulu responded for the visitors late on, but it wasn\u2019t enough for Evian to rouse themselves and secure a point.<\/p>\n
Jonathan demonstrated his versatility by playing at left-back for this encounter although he looked less comfortable than he had done against Monaco the week before. While Mensah contributed to a fine defensive team performance during the opening 45 minutes, he struggled with Nantes\u2019s pacey forward play and at times had to cover for centre-back Dany Nounkeu.<\/p>\n
Having not played for Evian since October 25, Mensah returned to the first-team for the defeat against Monaco. He was an ever-present for Ghana in Equatorial Guinea as the Black Stars won four matches of six, but has not won a match with Evian since October 4.<\/p>\n
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