Karim Benzema netted twice against Le Mans help Lyon to a 3-1 victory. The result now gives Lyons a three point lead at the top of Ligue 1 – with Bordeaux trailing in 2nd place.
Lyon now have 59 points with only eight games left, three ahead of Bordeaux, who needed a very late Marouane Chamakh goal win 1-0 at home against Nancy. Visiting Nancy played the last 40 minutes with ten men after the sending-off of Frederic Biancalani.
Benzema, who had not scored since February 21st, scored the second and third goals of the game – after former Newcastle defender Jean-Alain Boumsong scored in the 17th minute. The goal drought was obviously playing on Benzema’s mind as he spoke to French television “I never doubt myself but every striker has to go through a scoring drought in his career. Sometimes you’re lucky, sometimes you’re not,”.
