Ligue 1 Roundup: Monaco beats Lorient to keep pressure on Marseille

PARIS (AP) — Monaco moved stage on factors with third-place Marseille with a 3-1 residence win over Lorient within the French league on Sunday.

Marseille performs relegation-threatened Troyes later Sunday. Victory would transfer Marseille above Lens and into second place behind chief Paris Saint-Germain.

Midfielders Krepin Diatta and Aleksandr Golovin scored within the first half for Monaco. Forward Kevin Volland made it 3-0 early within the second half earlier than striker Ibrahima Kone replied for Lorient with a late penalty.

Meanwhile, Lille gained 2-1 at residence to Montpellier to reclaim fifth place from Rennes within the chase for a Europa League spot.

Montpellier led via defender Issiaga Sylla’s purpose halfway via the primary half. Lille equalized within the seventieth because of Jonathan David’s twentieth league purpose. It moved the Canada striker stage on the high of the scoring charts with Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe. Veteran winger Remy Cabella hit the winner for Lille three minutes later.

OTHER MATCHES

Auxerre eased its relegation worries by beating French Cup finalist Nantes 2-1 at residence to maneuver as much as 14th place.

Veteran striker Kevin Gameiro was among the many scorers as Strasbourg beat Nineteenth-place Ajaccio 3-1, however stayed within the relegation zone in seventeenth as a result of Brest beat midtable Nice 1-0 at residence to stay sixteenth.

Midtable Clermont beat last-place Angers 2-1 at residence.

On Saturday, Mbappe’s purpose in chief PSG’s 3-1 residence win towards Lens made him PSG’s all-time main scorer within the league with 139 targets.