Ligue 1: Lyon Leads Lille and PSG Going Into Mid-season Winter Break
News 18Lyon tops the French league on goal difference heading into the winter break after beating struggling Nantes 3-0 on Wednesday, while Lille won 3-2 at Montpellier as the frontrunners stayed one point ahead of Paris Saint-Germain. Defending champion PSG beat Strasbourg 4-0 in an otherwise uninspired performance that saw the home side benefit from three late goals amid sloppy defending from the visitors. Elsewhere, fourth-place Rennes beat Metz 1-0 thanks to a goal from midfielder Clement Grenier for a fourth straight league win since being eliminated from the Champions League group stage. Sixth-place Monaco had 18-year-old Belgian midfielder Eliot Matazo red carded late in the first half in a 2-2 home draw with Saint-Etienne coached by former stalwart Monaco defender Claude Puel.