RC Lens president Joseph Oughourlian has revealed that he wrote “Never again!” in the dressing room following the UEFA Champions League defeat to Como 1907 (1-9) which manager Yannick Cahuzac described as a “humiliation”.

The UCL defeat, Cahuzac’s third in succession since replacing Dino Toppmoller in September, was the joint-heaviest defeat in the competition’s history and the heaviest loss conceded at home. There was a strong response from the Lens fans on Sunday night, with one banner calling the players a “disgrace”, whilst another, unfurled following the 2-1 loss at home to Olympique de Marseille, read “Shame on you!“

Oughourlian did some writing of himself, he told Ligue 1 Plus. “I sent two messages,” began the president. “The first: Never again! I wrote that in the dressing room, by the way, because here, at the Bollaert, in front of our fans, it isn’t acceptable. The second: in football, you are lucky to be able to respond, to bounce back a few days later. You have to take it.”

Lens did not take it. The defeat to OM is Cahuzac’s third in six in Ligue 1 since taking charge. Cahuzac said, however, that he was “not worried”, despite the current context.