CORRECTED - UPDATE 1-Soccer-Bordeaux go top after win at Auxerre

Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:50pm BST
 
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Deletes incorrect reference to St Etienne slipping into relegation zone

* Bordeaux go top after 2-0 win at Auxerre

* Toulouse move to fourth with 1-0 win over Nantes (Adds quotes, St Etienne v Stade Rennes)

By Jean-Paul Couret

PARIS, April 11 (Reuters) - Girondins Bordeaux took over from Olympique Lyon at the top of Ligue 1 on goal difference with a 2-0 win at mid-table AJ Auxerre on Saturday.

Bordeaux, who notched a fourth win in a row with goals by Brazilians Fernando and Wendel, lead the table on 59 points with seven games left.

"We are on a good course, we played a very solid game today but we are not going to talk or even think about the title until the result of our game against Lyon next week," Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh told French radio RMC.

Seven-times champions Lyon will have an opportunity to reclaim top spot before travelling to Bordeaux when they host Monaco on Sunday (1900 GMT).  Continued...

 

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