UPDATE 4-Soccer-Lyon draw 5-5 with Marseille after Bordeaux lose

Sun Nov 8, 2009 10:48pm GMT
 
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* Toulalan scores own goal in stoppage time

* Leaders Bordeaux lose at Lille (Adds quotes)

By Julien Pretot

PARIS, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Jeremy Toulalan scored an own goal in stoppage time to hand Olympique Marseille a 5-5 draw at Olympique Lyon in a spectacular Ligue 1 game on Sunday after leaders Girondins Bordeaux had slumped to a 2-0 defeat at Lille.

Second-placed Lyon are now one point adrift of Bordeaux, who appeared weary and clueless against Lille and conceded two goals from midfielders Yohan Cabaye and Florent Balmont.

"It's nice to take points at home but if you take no point away, it is very hard to stay top," Bordeaux coach Laurent Blanc told reporters.

At their Gerland stadium, Lyon failed to make the most of Bordeaux's slip-up.

They finally set to take all three points to move past Bordeaux but Toulalan netted his own goal from a packed goal mouth three minutes into injury time.

Both sides were quick off the mark.  Continued...

 

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