Second-half goals by Mohamed Yattara and Alexandre Lacazette helped Lyon go top of Ligue 1 with a 2-0 home win against Bastia on Wednesday.
Yattara opened the scoring in the 77th minute and Ligue 1 top scorer Lacazette took his tally to 25 eight minutes later to move Lyon to 64 points from 32 games. Paris Saint-Germain, who have one game in hand, are second two points off the pace.
Lyon dominated throughout but were made to wait by Bastia, who were reeling from their 4-0 defeat in the League Cup final against PSG last Saturday.
Lyon’s Jordan Ferri dribbled past a defender before his curling shot was superbly saved by Alphonse Areola in the sixth minute.
Areola blocked Steed Malbranque’s back heel on the half hour and tipped away Clinton Njié’s low shot three minutes before the break as Lyon continued to dominate.
Malbranque was substituted in the 62nd minute and replaced with the France international Clément Grenier, who was making his comeback after an eight-month injury layoff.
Nabil Fekir was not having his usual influence in the Lyon midfield and was replaced in the 74th minute with Yattara, who had an immediate impact, scoring three minutes later with a shot on the turn from Grenier’s pass.
Lacazette wrapped it up from close range five minutes before full-time, converting Njie’s cross from the left.
