Lorient 1 - 3 Lyonnais: Alexandre Lacazette at the double as Lyon boost Champions League hopes
Posted Monday, April 04, 2016 by PA
Striker Alexandre Lacazette scored twice as Lyon won 3-1 at Lorient to move into third place in Ligue 1.
Majeed Waris put the Bretons in front after 36 minutes, but Lacazette equalised one minute before the interval at Stade du Moustoir.
It took Lyon until nine minutes from full-time to find their second through Rachid Ghezzal, but a third followed soon after when Lacazette struck after 84 minutes.
The win, after champions Paris St Germain beat Nice on Saturday and Monaco were beaten by Bordeaux on Friday night, saw Lyon climb into the Champions League qualification places.
They sit within three points of the second-placed club from the principality.
Lorient, in contrast, still have work to do to guarantee top-flight survival, with an 11th league defeat of the season leaving them six points clear of the drop zone with six games to play.
It had not looked like being a productive evening for the visitors when the home side took the lead.
Maxime Barthelme breached the defence and found Waris to finish.
But Lacazette struck into the top corner to equalise.
And substitute Mathieu Valbuena came off the bench to set up the second for Ghezzal.
Three minutes later Ghezzal turned provider, finding Lacazette to net from close range.
Lacazette has now scored nine times in his last nine games and Champions League football is in sight for OL.
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