Dembele scores late winner as Lyon beat 10-man Bordeaux

Moussa Dembele’s late goal helped Lyon win 3-2 at Bordeaux, who finished with 10 men, to keep the pressure on in the battle for Ligue 1 runners-up spot. Bruno Genesio’s men are now guaranteed third place but move to within three points of Lille, having played a game more. Les Gones took the lead in the 14th minute when Memphis Depay knocked the ball in at the far post. Bordeaux, though, equalised in the 33rd minute through a volley from Jimmy Briand. Before the visitors could regroup, they were further behind when Nicolas De Preville scored at the near post in the 38th minute. Lyon hauled themselves level in the 67th minute through Maxwel Cornet’s close-range finish. Dembele was sent on for the closing 20 minutes and soon saw a goal ruled out for offside. In the 73rd minute, Bordeaux centre-back Vukasin Jovanovic was shown a red card for dissent. Eventually, Lyon’s extra man proved too much, as former Celtic frontman Dembele crashed in his 13th goal of the season with just five minutes left. Topics Bordeaux, Lyon, Memphis Depay, Moussa Dembélé, French Ligue 1, Bordeaux, Lyon Lyon’s Memphis Depay revels in two-goal performance Lyon strike deal for Celtic forward Dembele Memphis Depay opens Lyon account Depay scores stunner from halfway line in Lyon romp Rose ‘lost for words’ by leniency of Montenegro’s punishment for racist abuse Bolton’s game with Brentford called off after players threaten strike action Benitez keen to keep Perez at Newcastle Chelsea Women inspired by talk from holocaust survivor Susan Pollack Champions League qualification does not define season for Sarri Quiz! Can you name the PFA Premier League Teams of the Year from the last decade? Ranked! Every one of Manchester United’s post-Alex Ferguson signings How Nemanja Matic shows up everything wrong with Jose Mourinho’s reign at Manchester United Quiz! How many of these 20 football club owners can you name? 6 times teams tried to gain annoyingly petty advantages
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