The evening was also angry for Rennes and Strasbourg who let the victory slip away in the last moments, respectively against Lorient (1-1) and Brest (2-2).
The Mastiffs Lille have imposed themselves as bosses in Gironde, where they brought back a fifth victory in a row at the same time as progress in the game, after several less exciting matches.
The solid Bordeaux defense held up the shock in the first period before collapsing before the initiative of Yusuf Yazici (54th), well served by the best passer in the championship Jonathan Bamba, then ahead of those of Timothy Weah (66th) and Jonathan David (89th).
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“It is the victory of a group, those who start the match, those who finish, and those who are unfortunately in the stands who are also behind the group“, congratulated the trainer Christophe Galtier.
– Easy Paris, OM wanders –
Two points behind, Lyon kept up the pace by winning 1-0 in Dijon through Lucas Paqueta, the Brazilian midfielder arrived this summer from AC Milan.
Last member of the podium, PSG remains three points from Lille after their easy victory against Nîmes (3-0), with a goal and an assist to the credit of Angel Di Maria.
The vice-champions of Europe, surprised last weekend in Lorient, did not force against the red lantern. Adversity should go up a notch Sunday at the Vélodrome against the historic rival Marseille, a club in crisis.
OM took a little color in Lens, Wednesday the day after the sensational resignation of its coach André Villas-Boas, laid off in the wake of his announcement embellished with criticism of the transfer window. But he wasted a two-goal lead at the break, which says a lot about his current confidence.
In the absence of AVB, it was training director Nacer Larguet who took his place on the Olympian bench, with central defender Alvaro placed in midfield to fill the many absences.
If the Spaniard stood out with two assists for winger Florian Thauvin (37th) and rookie Arkadiusz Milik (45th + 2), he saw his defense sink in a quarter of an hour after the break.
Ninth in the standings, OM are certainly two games late but are dropped twelve points behind Monaco, the fourth who tamed their neighbor OGC Nice (2-1) on a double from captain Wissam Ben Yedder.
– Lorient to the mind –
In the fight for maintenance, Saint-Etienne and Nantes (1-1) shared the points.
Raymond Domenech’s Canaries, still looking for their first victory, remain seventeenth with the same number of points as Lorient (18th), satisfied to have caught up with Rennes in the last ten minutes of the game.
Decidedly, the Merlus love the end of matches, they who achieved two snatch wins last week against Dijon and PSG, 3-2 each time.
In fifteenth place, Strasbourg can bite its fingers. The Alsatians led 2-0 in front of the Brestois who arrived at La Meinau with low morale. But they cracked in front of Gaëtan Charbonnier (83rd) and Jérémy Le Douaron (90th + 4).
“Disappointment prevails but it is a very good lesson for all of us. Within fifteen seconds, we had three points“, summarized the trainer Thierry Laurey.
Montpellier can not win more. The Hérault, returned to Metz (1-1) thanks to Gaëtan Laborde, chained in Moselle a ninth consecutive match without winning.
