Kathmandu,

October 29,

Lens striker Lois Openda came off the bench and scored a hat-trick to give his side a 3-0 win over Toulouse in Ligue 1 on Friday, continuing the hosts' winning run at home this season.

With his side struggling to make the breakthrough, Lens coach Franck Haise made changes up front, introducing Florian Sotoca and Openda on 56 minutes, and just four minutes later, the pair bolstered their up-and-coming coach's already burgeoning reputation.

Sotoca was the provider, sending a cross to the back post where Openda had enough space to squeeze in and head his fifth goal of the campaign (60'). Alexis Claude-Maurice forced a good save from Dupé in the closing stages (82') before serving Openda to make the points safe (86').

The Belgium international forward then completed his hat-trick ending a six-game drought in spectacular style in added time (90+1') to leave Lens two points behind leaders Paris Saint-Germain.