PARIS: Bordeaux suffered their first defeat of the new Ligue 1 season at Guingamp on Sunday to lose top spot in the table to Lille, who beat Nantes earlier in the day.
First-half goals from Moustapha Diallo and Christophe Mandanne, the latter from a penalty, condemned Willy Sagnol’s Bordeaux to a 2-1 defeat, with a late Cheick Diabate strike proving to be a mere consolation for the visitors in Brittany.
Lille had gone clear at the summit thanks to a 2-0 victory against Nantes in the far north, with Divock Origi scoring one goal and then setting up another for Portuguese youngster Rony Lopes, while Marseille won 3-1 at bottom side Evian to go second.
Rene Girard’s Lille side, who will face the Russians of FC Krasnodar in the Europa League on Thursday, are a point ahead of Marseille, Bordeaux and Saint-Etienne, with champions Paris Saint-Germain a further point adrift in fourth.
Saint-Etienne beat Caen 1-0 on Saturday while champions Paris warmed-up for their Champions League trip to Ajax by drawing 1-1 at Rennes, despite Zoumana Camara giving them a first-half lead. AFP