Bordeaux edge nine-goal thriller

Published: Sunday, 12. February, 2012 in category France

Ludovic Obraniak's last-gasp strike secured Bordeaux a 5-4 victory at Lille in an extraordinary Ligue 1 contest on Sunday evening.

Obraniak (l): Celebrates his late winner

Obraniak popped up with the winner against his old club in the 92nd minute after Bordeaux had earlier seen a 4-1 lead pegged back by the battling hosts.

The visitors led after just three minutes through Nicolas Maurice-Belay and, although David Rozehnal levelled five minutes later, Obraniak's first had them in front again by the 16th minute.

Maurice-Belay added a third four minutes into the second half before Yoan Gouffran made it four for Bordeaux just before the hour mark.

Third-placed Lille responded as Eden Hazard and then Mathieu Debuchy got them back in it, before an 89th-minute equaliser from Nolan Roux looked certain to see the match end in stalemate.

However, Obraniak bailed out Bordeaux in stoppage time as he finished from close range in injury time.

Paris St Germain were denied victory for the first time since Carlo Ancelotti's appointment as coach after a 0-0 draw at struggling Nice.

PSG pressed in the second half and were thwarted in stoppage time when Nice goalkeeper Cedric Ospina tipped away Nene's free-kick to preserve a point for his side.

But it was by no means one-way traffic and Nice had chances of their own to win it, defender Luciano Monzon shooting just wide in the second half.

PSG nonetheless return to the summit, a point ahead of Montpellier, while Nice remain in the relegation zone but move ahead of Auxerre into 18th place on goal difference.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored the second-half winner as St Etienne won 1-0 at Toulouse.

Aubameyang grabbed a brilliant winner after 71 minutes when he controlled Jeremy Clement's long ball and, under pressure from the home defence, lobbed keeper Ali Ahamada.