Ligue 1 wrap: Lost points for Marseille, Lyon

Marseille squandered a chance to go top of Ligue 1 after being forced to settle for a 1-1 draw at home to Auxerre on Sunday.

The hosts had taken the lead early in the second half but were pegged back 13 minutes before the end, leaving Lille one point clear at the top with five games remaining.

Midfielder Mathieu Valbuena struck in the 56th minute to give Marseille the lead, but just as it looked as though victory was theirs, South Korean striker Jung Jo-Gook found the back of the net.

The draw moved Auxerre into 14th, just one point clear of 18th-placed Nancy in a congested bottom half.

Lyon missed their chance to maintain the pressure on the top two after suffering a surprise 2-0 loss at Toulouse.

Claude Puel’s side finished the encounter with nine men, but conceding a goal in each half left their third-place under pressure from Paris Saint-Germain.

Toulouse defender Mauro Cetto opened the scoring in the 28th minute, but Lyon were not without hope at the break.

That changed when Brazilian Michel Bastos was given his marching orders after picking up two yellow cards.

Full-back Aly Cissokho put the ball in his own net on 68 minutes to make the possibility of a positive result almost impossible for the 10-man Lyon.

It proved just that and Cissokho was given a straight red card four minutes from time as his team remain ahead of PSG on goal difference.

Toulouse move into 11th after the win saw them break a five-game winless run.

Caen moved out of the relegation zone with a resounding 4-0 thrashing of Nice.

First-half goals from Romain Hamouma and Yohan Mollo put Caen on the front foot and when Nice’s Argentine defender Renato Civelli was sent off on the stroke of half time, the game was all but over.

It took until the 89th minute to seal the points as Hamouma completed his brace and Youssef El-Arabi also got in on the act in stoppage time.

Caen move into 15th while Nice slip to 16th, but both remain just one point clear of the relegation zone.

In the day’s other game, Montpellier and Brest played out a scoreless draw at the Stade de la Mosson.

More to come…