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Marseille beat Metz, Lyon snatch late win over Evian

Marseille restored their one-point lead over Paris Saint-Germain at the top of Ligue 1 by defeating Metz 3-1.

Marseille striker Andre-Pierre Gignac met a cross from Dimitri Payet to open the scoring with a downward header in the 43rd minute, but Metz equalised in the 46th minute when Florent Malouda's long-range strike took a deflection off Nicolas Nkoulou.

Ghana winger Andre Ayew converted a rebound to give the hosts a 2-1 lead in the 59th before playmaker Dimitri Payet sealed the win with a chip in stoppage time.

Lyon had to twice come from behind before snatching a 3-2 victory over Evian in injury time.

Cedric Barbosa put Evian 1-0 and 2-1 up but Alexandre Lacazette, whose free-kick led to the first equaliser from Yassine Benzia, scored twice in the final 10 minutes to turn the game Lyon's way.

Lacazette's shot led to Reims goalkeeper Johnny Placide's own goal which handed Lyon another stoppage-time winner on Tuesday and the Ligue 1 top scorer's late intervention here returned his side to third in the table.

Adamo Coulibaly snatched a last-gasp 1-1 draw for Lens to dash Lille's hopes of a first win in 12 matches.

Idrissa Gueye put Lille in front two minutes after the interval and Les Dogues must have felt they were finally destined to end their barren spell.

But Coulibaly popped up to power home a headed equaliser in the final minute to ensure the Derby du Nord ended all square at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis.

Guingamp climbed out of the relegation zone by beating Reims 3-2 at the Stade Auguste Delaune.

Gaetan Charbonnier's early opener for 10th-placed Reims was cancelled out by a volley from Lars Jacobsen and Christophe Mandanne fired the visitors into the lead for the first time shortly after the break.

Prince Oniangue thought he might have earned the hosts share of the points with his 68th-minute goal, but Claudio Beauvue had the last word, lifting the Brittany club into 16th place.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.