Ligue 1: Lille 3 Nancy 0

Lille re-established their four point buffer at the top of Ligue 1 with a comfortable 3-0 win over Nancy on Wednesday.

Ivory Coast international Gervinho grabbed a double either side of an Eden Hazard strike at the Stadium Nord Lille Metropole to extend their side’s unbeaten run to 10 matches in the league.

A loss for Lille would have allowed Paris Saint-Germain, Rennes and Lyon to cut the gap at the top of the table to just one point, and 13th-placed Nancy did well to keep their hosts scoreless in the first half.

But Lille did not have to wait long for a goal after the break, with Gervinho finding the back of the net just two minutes into the second period.

Two minutes later Gervinho turned provider, setting up Belgian attacker Hazard for Lille’s second.

And fittingly it was the Ivorian who sealed the match for Lille, netting his 10th goal of the season in the 61st minute to round out a comfortable victory for Rudi Garcia’s men.