Johan Elmander grabbed the winner a minute from time as 10 man Lyon were sunk by Toulouse in Ligue 1 on Saturday.
It looked like the champions were going to survive the 1st half sending off of Kim Kallstrom, for foul and abusive language, when Elmander struck late on, the Sweden forward pouncing on Achille Emana's short pass and stroking home from close range.
Marseille failed to find a cutting edge for the 2nd week in succession as Rennes claimed a deserved point at the Stade Velodrome.
After starting the campaign with a stalemate against Strasbourg last weekend, OM would have been hoping for much more a week later.
But their strikeforce malfunctioned once again, lone forward Djibril Cisse again failing to receive any service, and by the end of the match it was Rennes who were more likely to score.
The point means the Brittany club get off the mark following their disppointing 2-0 home defeat to Nancy a week ago.
Le Mans overcame an early setback to move top with a convincing 3-1 away triumph at Sochaux.
Rudy Garcia's side collected their 2nd successive triumph thanks to a fantastic hat trick from Brazilian forward Tulio De Melo, after Valter Birsa had fired the hosts ahead.
It was sweet revenge for the visitors against a team now managed by Frederic Hantz who left Le Mans to take the Sochaux position in the summer.
Nancy also moved into the leading group at the top of the table with a 1-0 triumph over Caen.
Brazilian forward Kim scored the only goal after 7 minutes as Nancy earned their 2nd triumph of the season, keeping a 2nd clean-sheet in the process.
And Bordeaux made it 2 wins out of 2 after a pair of goals from Wendel da Silva sent them to a comfortable 2-0 win over Auxerre at the Stade l'Abbe-Deschamps.
The Brazilian winger scored either side of half time, however the game will also be remembered for another double, 2 missed penalties from Auxerre forward Toifilou Maoulida.
Pascal Feindouno scored twice as St Etienne defeated Valenciennes 3-1 to claim their 1st win of the season.
St Etienne troubled Valenciennes with their pace as Feindouno found the net twice in the 2nd half after Bafetimbi Gomis' 1st half strike. Substitute Johan Audel replied for the visitors.
2 goals from Rafik Saifi helped Lorient claim their 1st 3 points of the campaign with a narrow 2-1 win over Monaco at Le Moustoir.
Christian Gourcuff's side preserved their unbeaten start to the campaign in impressive fashion, however rode their luck in the closing stages as the visitors came close to rescuing a point after Serge Gakpe had pulled one back.
Vincent Hognon scored an 86th minute winner for Nice to secure a narrow 1-0 win over 10 man Strasbourg at the Stade de Ray.
Hognon managed to wrongfoot keeper Stephane Cassard by deflecting David Hellebuyck's free kick into the net in the closing stages to leave the visitors reeling.
It had looked as though they had secured a brave point after Manuel Dos Santos was sent off only seconds after the interval for collecting a 2nd yellow card.
The win moved Nice on to 3 points from their opening 2 games, whilst newly-promoted Strasbourg still remain stranded without a win.
20 06 2007
Marco Cassetti has underlined that he would never join Lazio if Roma fail to keep hold of him in the summer.
'Signing for Lazio is something that I would not do – even if I was to receive a good offer,' mentioned the accomplished right back.
'I would not do it, out of respect for the Roma supporters. I will wait and see what happens next with me however I hope to be there when next season's team is presented officially.'
The 30 year old joined the Giallorossi from Lecce in a co-ownership deal a year ago and expects that the capital club reached an agreement to buy out the remaining 50 per cent of his contract.
'I would like to remain here, both [Coach] Luciano Spalletti and [sporting director] Daniele Prade know this,' added Cassetti.
'I have an excellent relationship with the Coach as we have never had any problems. I think I did my best last term and I adapted immediately to my new environment. That is why I do not want to return to Lecce and I am not thinking about any other options.'
Meanwhile, Saint-Etienne forward Pascal Feindouno will not join Roma in the summer, his agent Fabrizio Ferrari has confirmed.
'I do not think there is much of a chance that we will see Pascal with the Giallorossi,' he noted.
'It is my understanding that they have other transfer objectives. It is a pity as I think he would have been useful to Spalletti's tactics.'
