Nicolas Pepe stars as Wahbi Khazri sees red in Lille's win over Saint-Etienne

The Ivorian forward scored the only goal at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard while his Tunisian counterpart was sent off late in the encounter

Nicolas Pepe scored the match-winning goal while Wahbi Khazri was shown a straight red card as Lille edged Saint-Etienne 1-0 in Sunday's Ligue 1 outing.

Pepe earned the Great Danes a crucial win in their quest for an automatic return to Uefa Champions League with his 17th league goal of the season.

The 23-year-old was played through by Luiz Araujo before cutting inside Saint-Etienne's defence to separate both teams with his effort in the 87th minute.

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Few minutes later, the hosts were dealt a massive blow after Mathieu Debuchy and Wahbi Khazri were sent off late on.

Debuchy was shown a second yellow card in the 90th minute and Khazri was shown a straight red card for a challenge on Loic Remy in the stoppage time.