Ligue One Roundup, Jan. 31

Bafetimbi Gomis and Cris scored late goals as Lyon rallied from a goal down to beat 10-man Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 on Sunday and move into fourth place in the French league.

PSG dominated the first half and had enough chances to put the match beyond Lyon's reach after Mevlut Erding's ninth league goal of the season put the visitors ahead in the 11th minute.

But after PSG defender Mamadou Sakho was sent off for a clumsy challenge on Gomis, PSG defended for over 30 minutes with 10 men and could not hold out as Gomis equalized in the 77th and Cris headed the winning goal four minutes later.

PSG was aggrieved about the straight red card shown by referee Philippe Kalt, but Lyon also hit the post three times with goalkeeper Apoula Edel beaten every time. Gomis nearly had a second goal but the crossbar denied him in the 88th minute.

Bordeaux leads the standings with 48 points from 22 games, Montpellier is second with 42 points, Lille has 40 and Lyon has 39 to lead both Monaco and Auxerre on goal difference.

PSG took the lead when Stephane Sessegnon took a corner from the right and Erding expertly nipped ahead of his marker to clip the ball inside the near post.

Lyon goalkeeper Remy Vercoutre then tipped Erding's shot just past the post moments later, and PSG striker Guillaume Hoarau saw his shot sail just wide after Erding nodded a long ball down to his feet.

With PSG completely dominating, Sessegnon burst forward and found space just inside the penalty area, but the Benin midfielder tried to smash the ball past Vercoutre instead of placing it.

Lyon almost got back into the match just before halftime with a lucky deflection when Jeremy Toulalan's shot hit the leg of PSG defender Sammy Traore and then the post.

Erding was proving hard to handle for Lyon's defense and only a superb double save from Vercoutre prevented the Turkey striker making it 2-0 in the 49th. Vercoutre stopped Erding's header and then dived at his feet to block the rebound.

The match changed in the 59th minute, though, when Gomis sprinted clear and Sakho made a desperate lunge, missed the ball and caught Gomis' heel. Kalt initially appeared to indicate there was no foul, but changed his mind, thus prompting an angry reaction from PSG's players as they surrounded him and the linesman.

Sakho's red card left prompted PSG coach Antoine Kombouare to replace winger Ludovic Giuly with defender Christophe Jallet.

Edel saved midfielder Cesar Delgado's shot, and was saved by his post again when Gomis' shot flashed past him.

But Edel was powerless to stop Gomis scoring from close range after Dejan Lovren headed a corner toward goal and the ball bounced off Edel's chest and straight to Gomis lurking one yard (meter) out.

Edel could little again to stop Cris scoring with a looping header moments later after Lisandro Lopez had flicked the ball on.

Having taken off both Giuly and Erding after Sakho's red card, Kombouare had little attacking options left.

Earlier, defender Jean-Pascal Mignot scored late in the second half as Auxerre beat Saint-Etienne 1-0.

Slovenia winger Valter Birsa floated a corner to the near post and Mignot placed his header firmly past Jeremie Janot after 77 minutes. Saint-Etienne striker Gonzalo Bergessio had a goal disallowed for offside moments later.

Valenciennes was held to a 1-1 draw at home against Sochaux.

Valenciennes striker Johan Audel opened the scoring in the 20th minute with his fifth league goal of the season, but defender Damien Perquis equalized for Sochaux in the 53rd.

On Saturday, defending champion Bordeaux drew 0-0 at home to struggling Boulogne.

In Saturday's other games, it was: Le Mans 1, Toulouse 3; Lille 1, Lens 0; Monaco 3, Nice 2; Nancy 1, Lorient 0; Rennes 4, Grenoble 0, and Montpellier 2, Marseille 0.