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Ligue 1: Monaco go top after Angers win, Lyon upset by Lorient

Monaco's Polish defender Kamil Glik (L) celebrates after scoring a goal during the French L1 football match Monaco (ASM) vs Angers (ASCO) on September 24,
Image: Monaco defender Kamil Glik (L) celebrates after scoring

Monaco moved to the top of Ligue 1 after coming from behind to beat Angers 2-1 on Saturday.

Famara Diedhiou opened the scoring for visitors Angers in the 55th minute but a goal from Kamil Glik followed by an own goal by Dickson Nwakaeme saw Monaco claim the victory.

The win moves Monaco two points clear of Nice and Toulouse at the summit.

Lyon missed out on the chance to move level on points with third-placed Paris Saint-Germain as they suffered a shock 1-0 defeat to Lorient.

Jimmy Cabot's second-half strike proved the difference as an inspired Benjamin Lecomte in the Lorient goal kept Les Gones at bay to help his side move out of the bottom three.

Enzo Crivelli scored the second-half winner for Bastia but was sent off three minutes later in his team's 1-0 Ligue 1 win at home to Guingamp.

Both teams finished with 10 men, Guingamp the first to feel the heat after defender Marcal was sent off for a second bookable offence seven minutes before half-time.

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Lois Diony scored a goal in each half as Dijon claimed their second win of the season with a 3-0 victory over Rennes.

Diony opened the scoring in the seventh minute and added his second in the 78th, either side of Jordan Marie's 19th-minute strike for the hosts.

The result lifted Dijon into 13th place, three points behind 10th-placed Rennes.

Montpellier suffered a second successive league defeat as Metz beat them 1-0 at the Stade de La Mosson.

Frederic Hantz's hosts were trounced 5-1 on their travels to Lyon in midweek - and back in front of their own supporters, they had no answer either to a goal from Metz's prolific striker Mevlut Erdinc in first-half injury time.

Erdinc scored from the penalty spot, after a foul by home captain Hilton, for his sixth goal in as many matches so far this campaign.

Elsewhere, Bordeaux were held to a goalless draw at home to Caen.

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