5 things we learned in Ligue 1 this weekend: Troyes breaks its duck

With another weekend of Ligue 1 action in the books, we take a look back at five things we learned from the latest slate of matches.

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Monaco 'keeper Danijel Subasic is the penalty countermeasure

Principal penalty-stopper Danijel Subasic was up to his old tricks again Sunday morning in Monaco's 4-0 drubbing of Toulouse, as the Croat netminder denied in-form Les Pitchouns goal machine Wissam Ben Yedder in the 39th minute.

it was Subasic's fourth penalty save in his last five attempts, with the other effort off target, as Leonardo Jardim's men stayed second - three points clear of surging Nice and 21 points adrift of certain title winners Paris Saint-Germain.

Troyes win its first in stunning fashion

Trailing by a goal courtesy of a first-half Sofiane Boufal penalty, bottom dwellers Troyes flipped the script in the second stanza thanks to a Jimmy Cabot brace and a Jessy Pi finish minutes from time to beat Lille at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy on Saturday.

Cabot's first on the night leveled matters, as the 21-year-old midfielder slotted a precise finish past a lunging Vincent Enyeama.

Though it was Cabot's second - the match-winner (see Goals of the Week below) - that is deserving of all the praise, as the 2014-15 Ligue 2 champs won its first league match in 22 attempts.

Serie A stinkers Hellas Verona are now the only side in Europe's top five leagues yet to win a match this season.

Frederic Antonetti's magic spell has worn off at Lille

A horrid start to the 2015-16 league campaign saw Lille dismiss manager Herve Renard the second week of November before naming Frederic Antonetti his replacement.

Despite losing his first match at the helm of the northeasterners, a 2-0 defeat to Angers, the new gaffer's influence was felt, as Les Dogues won their next four matches in all competitions.

Whatever new-car smell had captivated his squad upon his arrival has now vanished, as Antonetti's men just endured their two most embarrassing losses of the year: a Coupe de France penalties defeat to fourth-tier side Trelissac FC followed three days later by a 3-1 loss to previously winless Troyes.

Lille now sits 14th on 25 points, a mere three points clear of 18th-place Montpellier and the perilous threat of demotion after a run of two points out of a possible 12.

Lassana Diarra is the glue that holds Marseille together

Marseille summer signing Lassana Diarra has risen from the depths of a horrid spell in Russia with Lokomotiv Moscow and Anzhi Makhachkala, and playing five-a-side in his hometown of Paris to become the straw that stirs the Cote D'Azur side's drink.

In 17 league matches this season, the once-forgotten central midfielder has again been a revelation, with several Man of the Match performances to his name and September's Ligue 1 Player of the Month added to a lengthy resume.

Diarra, 30, missed Sunday's battle of Les Olympiques, as Marseille and Lyon shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw, but it was the diminutive midfielder's absence that was noteworthy, as Michel's lot has performed better with the former Real Madrid man in the lineup than they have without.

This season, Marseille has won 41 percent of its matches (7-17) with Diarra in the starting lineup as opposed to zero without (0-4), as the recently recalled French international proves to be one of the club's most vital cogs alongside Michy Bathshuayi and Georges-Kevin N'Koudou.

The cream rises to the top

Following an erratic first half to the Ligue 1 campaign highlighted by unanticipated starts from the likes of Angers and Caen, the top half of the table is beginning to resemble what pundits predicted in the summer.

None of the top four of PSG, Monaco, Nice, and Rennes have lost any of their last five matches, with the table-topping capital side boasting six victories on the trot. Second through fourth place have all snatched 11 points during the last five fixtures, as the battle for coveted continental positions rages on in the French top flight.

Goals of the Week

Angel Di Maria (PSG) vs. Angers

Angel Di Maria's first of two on Saturday was emblematic of the dominance of the three-time consecutive Ligue 1 champs, as Lucas Moura's pass was bettered only by the Argentine's blind side-footed hammer. My word.

Jimmy Cabot (Troyes) vs. Lille

Cabot's second on the night, a screaming volley, courtesy of a brilliant Babacar Gueye pass, is this installment's winner of Goal of the Week, if only for the context and what it meant to the club.

A la prochaine, mes amis.