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Bordeaux wins nine-goal thriller

13 February 2012-PA Sport

Ludovic Obraniak's last-gasp strike secured Bordeaux a 5-4 victory at Lille in an extraordinary Ligue 1 contest.

Obraniak popped up with the winner against his old club in the 92nd minute after Bordeaux had earlier seen a 4-1 lead pegged back by the battling host.

The visitor led after just three minutes through Nicolas Maurice-Belay and, although David Rozehnal levelled five minutes later, Obraniak's first had it in front again by the 16th minute.

Maurice-Belay added a third four minutes into the second half before Yoan Gouffran made it four for Bordeaux just before the hour mark.

Third-placed Lille responded as Eden Hazard and then Mathieu Debuchy got it back in it, before an 89th-minute equaliser from Nolan Roux looked certain to see the match end in stalemate.

However, Obraniak bailed out Bordeaux in stoppage-time as he finished from close range in injury-time.

Paris Saint-Germain was denied victory for the first time since Carlo Ancelotti's appointment as coach after a 0-0 draw at struggling Nice.

PSG pressed in the second half and was thwarted in stoppage-time when Nice goalkeeper Cedric Ospina tipped away Nene's free-kick to preserve a point for his side.

But it was by no means one-way traffic and Nice had chances of its own to win it, defender Luciano Monzon shooting just wide in the second half.

PSG nonetheless returns to the summit, a point ahead of Montpellier, while Nice remains in the relegation zone but move ahead of Auxerre into 18th place on goal difference.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored the second-half winner as St Etienne won 1-0 at Toulouse.

Aubameyang grabbed a brilliant winner after 71 minutes when he controlled Jeremy Clement's long ball and, under pressure from the home defence, lobbed keeper Ali Ahamada.

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