Ghana international Ernest Nuamah performed very well on Friday night to help Olympique Lyon defeat OGC Nice in the French Ligue 1.

The talented winger started for his team in today's home match staged at Parc Olympique Lyonnais.

In the Round 22 encounter of the ongoing French Ligue 1 campaign, Ernest Nuamah provided the assists for the only goal of the match in the 22nd minute.

He set up Orel Mangala to score to give Lyon the lead to take into the first-half break.

Despite OGN Nice's spirited efforts after the break, the team could not find a way back and succumbed to a narrow defeat at the end of the 90 minutes.

In the game on Friday night, Ernest Nuamah lasted 79 minutes before Rayan Cherki took his place.

This season, the Black Stars winger has made 18 appearances for Olympique Lyon. He has one goal and two assists.