Dembele strikes late to give Lyon 3-2 win at Bordeaux
Soccer Football - Ligue 1 - Bordeaux v Olympique Lyonnais - Matmut Atlantique, Bordeaux, France - April 26, 2019 Lyon's Moussa Dembele celebrates scoring their third goal with Ferland Mendy REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
PARIS (Reuters) - Olympique Lyonnais' second-half substitute Moussa Dembele struck late to earn a 3-2 Ligue 1 win at Girondins de Bordeaux that strengthened their Champions League qualifying hopes on Friday.
Dembele scored five minutes from time, after Bordeaux's Vukasin Jovanovic was shown a straight red card in the 73rd, to put OL on 62 points from 34 games, with fourth-placed St Etienne six points behind before they host Toulouse on Sunday.
The top three qualify for the Champions League with the third-placed team having to play in the third qualifying round to enter the group stage of Europe's elite club competition.
Soccer Football - Ligue 1 - Bordeaux v Olympique Lyonnais - Matmut Atlantique, Bordeaux, France - April 26, 2019 Lyon's Kenny Tete and Bordeaux's Benoit Costil REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
Bordeaux were ahead at halftime through Jimmy Briand and Nicolas de Preville after Memphis Depay's opener for Lyon, but Maxwel Cornet levelled for the visitors who grabbed the winner through Dembele after the hosts were reduced to 10 men.
(Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Ken Ferris)
Soccer Football - Ligue 1 - Bordeaux v Olympique Lyonnais - Matmut Atlantique, Bordeaux, France - April 26, 2019 Bordeaux's Toma Basic in action with Lyon's Nabil Fekir REUTERS/Regis DuvignauSoccer Football - Ligue 1 - Bordeaux v Olympique Lyonnais - Matmut Atlantique, Bordeaux, France - April 26, 2019 Bordeaux's Otavio in action with Lyon's Nabil Fekir REUTERS/Regis DuvignauSoccer Football - Ligue 1 - Bordeaux v Olympique Lyonnais - Matmut Atlantique, Bordeaux, France - April 26, 2019 Bordeaux's Nicolas de Preville in action with Lyon's Kenny Tete REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
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