Lopez nets 3 yet Lyon lose

Lopez nets 3 yet Lyon lose

Lyon striker Lisandro Lopez hit a hat-trick but Lille fought back from 3-1 down to win 4-3 in Sunday night's top-of-the-bill Ligue 1 clash.

Lisandro scored in the first minute and completed his treble with a 21st-minute penalty and a super solo strike in the 35th minute.

Pierre-Alain Frau's diving header in the 23rd minute had given Lille hope, and they turned the match around in the second half, cutting Lyon's lead to one goal when Gervinho dribbled past Jean-Alain Boumsong to score in the 53rd minute and then equalising when Yohan Cabaye converted a spot-kick with 20 minutes left.

Lille left it until the last minute to grab the winner, as Eden Hazard dispossessed Francois Clerc before playing in Gervinho to fire home.

Lyon remain in fourth place, a point behind second-placed Montpellier but five behind leaders Bordeaux.

Auxerre are alongside Lyon on 26 points, and they also suffered a jolting defeat, slumping 3-1 at home to Nancy.

Nancy halted a run of three successive league defeats thanks to goals from Andre Luiz, Abdeslam Ouaddou and Youssouf Hadji, with Valter Birsa replying for the hosts.

Nancy had midfielder Bocundji Sa sent off in the last minute.

Grenoble's long wait for a first Ligue 1 win of the season finally ended at the 15th attempt, as they beat mid-table Toulouse 1-0.

Nicolas Dieuze scored the only goal with 10 minutes to go to boost Grenoble's paltry points tally to six.

Boulogne recovered from having a man sent off after 16 minutes and also going a goal behind to win 2-1 at home to Lens.

The hosts had Mame N'Diaye dismissed after he picked up his second yellow card early in the contest.

Bira Dembele then put through his own net to give the visitors the lead before Ovidy Karuru and a Romain Sartre own goal gave Boulogne victory.

On Saturday night, Bordeaux moved four points clear at the top of Ligue 1 with a 1-0 win over Paris St Germain.

Jaroslav Plasil scored the only goal of the game for the defending champions after 23 minutes.

Montpellier had earlier moved into second place with victory over 10-man Le Mans.

Karim Ait-Fana opened the scoring for the hosts in the 12th minute but Anthony Le Tallec surprisingly levelled for Le Mans after Mathieu Dossevi had been sent off.

However, Lilian Compan grabbed the winner 18 minutes from time to send Montpellier soaring and keep their opponents firmly in the bottom three.

Two goals in the final 13 minutes earned Marseille a 3-1 victory away to 10-man Nice in the Mediterranean derby.

Lucho Gonzalez and Bakari Kone netted late on as Didier Deschamps' side made their numerical advantage count.

Mamadou Niang had put the visitors in front only for Kafoumba Coulibaly to equalise just after the half-hour mark, but Nice's cause was not helped by the dismissal of Onyekachi Apam on the stroke of half-time.

Valenciennes continued their impressive season with a 3-1 victory over Monaco to go third in the table.

The home side left it late to secure the three points after Nene had cancelled out David Ducourtioux's opener.

Mamadou Samassa put the hosts back in front five minutes from time and Fahid ben Khalfallah made sure in injury-time.

Moussa Sow struck in the second minute as Rennes claimed a 1-0 victory against Lorient.

Rennes won a corner and although Asamoah Gyan's cross was met by goalkeeper Lionel Cappone at the near post, his attempted punched clearance was sent straight back past him and into the net by Sow.

In the night's other match, St Etienne and Sochaux played out a tepid 0-0 draw.