Olympique Lyonnais took the reins of Ligue 1 on their own on Wednesday after their victory against Lens for the 18th day.

OL were able to rely on their captain Memphis Depay, author of a double, while Paris Saint-Germain stomped against Saint-Étienne and Lille bowed to Angers.

Raymond Domenech made his return to a bench with a draw.

Lyon took sole control of Ligue 1 on Wednesday with their 3-2 home success against Lens, taking advantage of Lille's 2-1 defeat at home against Angers.

The OL of captain Memphis Depay, author of a double, has three points ahead of Paris SG, hung 1-1 in Saint-Etienne, and Lille at the end of the 18th day of the French Championship.

Mauricio Pochettino therefore began his coaching career at Paris Saint-Germain with a pale draw in Saint-Etienne.

The Argentinian team, which equalized by Kean (22) after Hamouma's opener (19), lost a little ground on the head of Ligue 1.

Marseille revives, draw for Domenech's return

Barely at the end of 2020, Marseille got off to a good start in its first match of the year 2021 by beating Montpellier 3-1 Wednesday at the Stade Vélodrome, on the occasion of the 18th day of Ligue 1. Marseille, which did not had taken only one point during the three previous days, opened the scoring by Radonjic just before the break (41st).

Mollet equalized for Montpellier (1-1, 52nd), a goal contested by the Marseillais, who claimed a preliminary offside from Delort.

But at the end of the match, OM took back the lead by Payet (80th) and Germain (84th).

OM remain 5th but are still in contact with the top teams and have two games to go.

For their part, Reims and Dijon separated in a draw (0-0).

In Nantes earlier in the evening, Raymond Domenech's second coaching career began with a scoreless clash against rival Rennes (0-0).

Officially appointed at the head of the Canaries on Boxing Day, the dean of L1 coaches (soon to be 69 years old) did not do any magic but he did not bow to the Rennes favorite, who returned to the podium after an autumn gloomy.

Nantes is 17th with four points ahead of the relegation.

Strasbourg is atomizing Nîmes

There was a lot more spectacle in Lorient where Monaco won 5-2 after being hung for a long time by the promoted Breton, reduced to ten at the start of the second half.

The game was packed after the hour of play and the goal of Aleksandr Golovin who, after four months without playing, scored (64th) five seconds after coming into play!

Lorient defender Andreaw Gravillon (67th) equalized shortly after, Kevin Volland (68th), Sofiane Diop (78th) and Guillermo Maripán (88th) allowed ASM to take three precious points in the race for places European.

Without his No. 10 Hatem Ben Arfa, Bordeaux for its part failed to win in Metz (0-0).

As for Strasbourg, who had left L1 at the end of December with two defeats without scoring a single goal, he found it at a festival against Nîmes (5-0).

The Alsatians pressed the red lantern with three goals in particular at the end of the first period.

The fit man Ludovic Ajorque started hostilities (37th) before the achievements of Habib Diallo (38th) then Kenny Lala (45th + 1) from the penalty spot.

Ajorque scored twice (51st) before missing a penalty (58th).

Unlike Nîmes, Nice does not have to worry about keeping it in L1.

But his defensive feverishness still played tricks on him during the 2-0 defeat in Brest.

The results of the 18th day of Ligue 1:

Brest - Nice 2 - 0

Nantes - Rennes 0 - 0

Metz - Bordeaux 0 - 0

Lorient - Monaco 2 - 5

Strasbourg - Nîmes 5 - 0

Lyon - Lens 3 - 2

Reims - Dijon 0 - 0

Lille - Angers 1 - 2

Saint-Etienne - Paris SG 1 - 1

Marseille - Montpellier 3 - 1