Lyon lose more ground with home loss to Lille

Centre-back Aurelien Chedjou headed the visitors in front following a Dimitri Payet corner in the 28th minute and Florent Balmont scored on the stroke of half-time, also from a pass by Payet who has now set up ten goals and scored seven.

Both sides conceded penalties in the second half with Salomon Kalou netting the third for Lille five minutes after the break and Lisandro Lopez making it 3-1 in the 57th.

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