Lyon remain top of the French league thanks to a huge 3-1 win claimed away to Le Mans.
Former Newcastle centre back Jean-Alain Boumsong made the most of a defensive howler to put OL ahead in the 16th minute, then Karim Benzema claimed a brace and ended a series of 300 minutes without scoring.
Anthony Le Tallec bagged a consolation for MUC 72.
Second-placed Bordeaux secured a hard-thought and last-ditch victory over Nancy, thanks to Marouane Chamakh, who scored the winning goal at Stade Chaban-Delmas.
Les Girondins lost Jussie with a hamstring injury and Nancy were reduced to 10 men after Frederic Biancalani was dismissed for a second bookable offence.
Michel Bastos converted a penalty in the first half’s injury time, and striker Robert Vittek added more misery on the Canaries after the break to give Lille all three points at Nantes.
Jean-Claude Darcheville scored Ligue 1’s quickest goal of the season after 27 seconds of the must-win game with Auxerre, and the former Rangers striker then converted a spot kick to seal a vital victory for Valenciennes.
Lorient comfortably defeated Grenoble 3-1, with Morgan Amalfitano bagging an unbelievable goal.
Les Merlus opened the scoring through Kevin Gameiro, who collected Jeremy Morel’s set piece at the far post and fired in from close range and then France-Under 21 international Gabriel Obertan hit a superb volley into the top corner.
Nassim Akrour put his side back on track in the 69th minute, but Amalfitano claimed the goal of the season, a missile from 45 yards, to kill the game off.
And finally Massamba Sambou, who is on loan from Monaco to Le Havre, scored a controversial header for the Normandy-based side against his parent club (1-0).