Paris St Germain overcame Lyon in Sunday's top-of-the-table clash in Ligue 1, while Lille beat Rennes and Marseille drew with Brest.
PSG beat Lyon as Lille proved too strong for Rennes
Paris St Germain overcame Lyon in Sunday's top-of-the-table clash in Ligue 1, while Lille beat Rennes and Marseille drew with Brest.
PSG and
Lyon were neck-and-neck at the summit ahead of their clash at the Parc des Princes, but the capital club won 2-0 on home soil to open up a three-point advantage.
There were no goals in the first half but PSG finally managed to break through in the 64th minute courtesy of big-money summer signing Javier Pastore.
Lyon battled hard in an effort to get back into the game but could not find an equaliser and substitute Christophe Jallet notched a second for the hosts just before the final whistle.
Lille ended their run of three straight Ligue 1 draws with a 2-0 win over
Rennes at the Stadium Lille Metropole.
Moussa Sow put the hosts into the lead in the seventh minute when he pounced on a rebound from Joe Cole's shot before Florent Balmont sealed the win with a strike from close range just after the half-hour mark.
The result moves Lille into fifth in the table, leapfrogging Rennes, who are now in seventh.
Struggling
Marseille clung on for a barely-deserved point, denying
Brest a first win of the Ligue 1 season in a 1-1 draw.
Romain Poyet gave the visitors an early lead, which was cancelled out in the 20th minute by Andre Ayew.
