A weekend short on goals: Ligue 1 reviews

Montpellier 1-0 Lens
Valenciennes 1-1 Boulogne
Le Mans 1-2 Marseille
Lille 1-0 Sochaux
Lyon 1-0 Lorient
Nancy 0-0 Toulouse
Bordeaux 1-0 Grenoble
Auxerre 2-0 Nice
Rennes 1-0 St Etienne
Monaco 2-0 PSG

Goals at a premium in Ligue 1 this week with just two of the ten games decided by more than a single goal. One of those two was in the Principality where all the action was condensed into the last five minutes. Park Chu-Young struck the first goal with five minutes remaining, latching onto a neat through ball and sticking it under Gregory Coupet. Nene added a second a couple of minutes later to seal the win, though there was still time for Stéphane Sessegnon to pick up a second yellow for the visitors. The other two-goal margin came from Auxerre, previously without a win or a goal all season long. He wasn't on the scoresheet, but Ireneusz Jelen was back and massively influential as Cedric Hengbart put them ahead. He was withdrawn for Daniel Niculae and it was his replacement that made it two and secured the victory. One man team.

Bordeaux weren't exactly convincing in beating bottom club Grenoble 1-0. Yoan Gouffran's 18th minute strike was enough for Les Girondins who welcomed Fernando Cavenaghi back to the side in time for their Champions League campaign. Lyon stay right on their heels thanks to another 1-0 win, Michel Bastos striking half way through the second half to see off Lorient. Another 1-0 sent Montpellier into third with Alberto Costa's penalty deciding this clash of promoted clubs, Lens coming off second best. Marseille are fourth after beating Le Mans, Brandao with the winner after Modibo Maiga equalised Mamadou Niang's opener.

Lille won their first in five, 1-0 again, Pierre-Alain Frau getting the only goal against Sochaux and the same scoreline was enough for Rennes to end a run of three straight draws with victory over St Etienne. Sylvain Marveaux got the goal just on the hour. Nancy and Toulouse failed to come up with any goals, just the last-minute dismissal of Nancy's Andre Luiz making the game noteworthy. The other draw came at the Nungesser in Valenciennes where the hosts took the lead fifteen minutes from time through Gregory Pujol only to be pegged back seven minutes later by Daniel Moreira.