Bordeaux remain perfect, LOSC and OM prevail
Saturday, August 23, 2014
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FC Girondins de Bordeaux strode to the Ligue 1 summit after making it three wins from three, while LOSC Lille and Olympique de Marseille also triumphed.
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• Willy Sagnol becomes the first Bordeaux coach to win all of his first three games after his side come from behind to defeat OGC Nice 3-1.
• Bordeaux striker Cheick Diabaté equalises from the spot before being sent off for a second bookable offence with eight minutes left.
• Second-placed LOSC remain the only Ligue 1 side yet to concede after beating FC Lorient 2-0 courtesy of Jonathan Delaplace and Simon Kjær.
• Marcelo Bielsa collects his first three points as Marseille boss, Andre-Pierre Gignac's goal proving decisive at EA Guingamp.
Ligue 1 wrap
• SM Caen score twice in the last seven minutes to down Stade de Reims and climb into fourth.
• FC Metz succumb 2-0 at Montpellier Hérault SC after Kevin Lejeune misses a first-half penalty.
• A 1-0 defeat for Toulouse FC at Claude Makélélé's SC Bastia means the visitors have triumphed just once in their last 12 league outings against the Corsican club.
• Friday: Paris Saint-Germain are held to a goalless draw by Évian Thonon Gaillard FC.
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