Lyon still have Bordeaux and Marseille hot on their heels after all three teams won in Ligue 1
Title rivals all pick up three points
Title holders Lyon still have Bordeaux and Marseille hot on their heels after all three teams won in Ligue 1 on Saturday.
Lyon continue to lead the way after a 2-0 win at
Grenoble, with Ederson opening the scoring after 15 minutes.
Cesar Delgado finished off Kim Kallstrom's cross on 77 minutes before Jeremy Toulalan was denied a third goal for Lyon by the post two minutes from time.
Bordeaux remain just a point behind the reigning champions after holding on for a 2-1 win at
Nantes.
The visitors took the lead on 11 minutes when Yoann Gourcuff rose to head home a cross from Benont Tremoulinas.
Marouane Chamakh's header increased the lead on 70 minutes before Nantes struck an 89th minute consolation through Filip Djordjevic's free-kick.
Marseille were 2-0 winners, with Mathieu Valbuena and Ronald Zubar on target at home to bottom club
Le Havre.
Valbuena broke the deadlock from Benoit Cheyrou's pass on 25 minutes and Zubar headed home Karim Ziani's free-kick for the second goal on the hour mark.
Toulouse are another team trying to keep pace at the top of the table and they secured a 3-0 victory at home to
Nancy.
Andre Luiz put through his own net in the third minute of injury-time at the end of the first half before Toulouse increased their lead on 81 minutes.
Andre-Pierre Gignac grabbed that second goal and he turned provider for the third on 88 minutes as his cross was turned in by substitute Paulo Cesar.
Jean-Claude Darcheville was on target as struggling
Valenciennes claimed a 1-1 draw at mid-table
Lorient.
Darcheville headed Valenciennes in front from Gael Dinic's corner on 25 minutes, but Michael Ciani nodded in Marama Vahirua's corner for the equaliser three minutes before half-time.
Nice remain in the hunt for European football after scoring twice in the second half to post a 2-0 win at home to lowly
Auxerre.
Loic Remy made the breakthrough five minutes after half-time and Habib Bamogo made the points safe in stoppage time.
St Etienne have work to do stay in Ligue 1 after being held to a 1-1 draw at home by
Le Mans.
Ilan hit the bar for St Etienne before Bafetimbi Gomis scored on 54 minutes, but Le Mans earned a point on 87 minutes when Thorstein Helstad headed home Anthony Le Tallec's cross.
