Crisis-hit Lyon desperate to arrest slump

Paris: Struggling Lyon will attempt to halt their alarming dip in form away to Toulouse on Saturday as the pressure mounts on Bruno Genesio following a run of five defeats in six matches. Lyon lurched into crisis mode after crashing to a 3-1 home reverse against Guingamp last weekend, and it won’t get any easier against a Toulouse side that has been rejuvenated under Pascal Dupraz. “We’re going through a difficult period. We must rediscover our confidence. Lots of things are linked to that. We have to keep working together,” Genesio told the club’s in-house television channel. “The situation is serious, very serious even,” said captain Maxime Gonalons.