Ligue 1 resultsLille 1-0 LorientMarseille 1-1 ValenciennesToulouse 3-0 NancyEvian 2-2 CaenAjaccio 0-0 BrestDijon 3-0 NiceTOUGH talking from Rudi Garcia paid off as his Lille side returned to winning ways in Ligue 1 with a 1-0 victory over Lorient.The manager of the French champions was rankled by his side conceding five goals at home to Bordeaux last week. The fact his team scored four in reply was little consolation.So while a victory, courtesy of Mathieu Debuchy’s 75th-minute strike, was important, the clean sheet which accompanied it capped the evening’s work and closed the gap on the top two.Marseille fell three points off the pace in the race for a Champions League berth next season after being held to a 1-1 draw against Valenciennes at Stade Velodrome.Alou Diarra opened the scoring for the hosts just after the quarter-hour but Gil secured a share of the spoils for the visitors with the equaliser in the 50th minute.Toulouse breathed fresh life into their bid for European football next season with a classy 3-0 victory on the road at Nancy.Goals by Francois Sirieix and Adrien Regattin had the visitors in control at the break while Emmanuel Riviere made the scoreline that bit more emphatic with his side’s third inside the final 20 minutes.Sidney Govou popped up with an equaliser deep into stoppage time as Evian took a point from their 2-2 draw at Caen.
