French League: Five-star Lyon beat Guingamp

Lyon’s Alexandre Lacazette celebrates after scoring in their French League match against Guingamp at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais Stadium in Decines-Charpieu, near Lyon, on Sunday. Lyon won 5-1. — AFP

Lyon continued their surge towards Champions League qualification on Sunday as Alexandre Lacazette netted twice in a 5-1 thrashing of Guingamp.

Rachid Ghezzal and Maxwell Cornet were also on target for Lyon, while a Reynald Lemaitre own goal secured a handsome victory for Bruno Genesio’s side, with Mevlut Erding getting Guingamp’s reply.

The result allowed OL to build on last weekend's impressive victory against champions-elect Paris Saint-Germain and made it five wins from their last six league games.

With almost all of their rivals dropping points, Lyon end the weekend in third place and retain hope of catching Monaco, with six points separating them from the principality club in second.

Lyon are determined to return to the Champions League next season after a disappointing showing in the group stage this campaign, and they are threatening to pull away from the chasing pack.

Ghezzal opening the scoring with just three minutes played as he followed in to net after Cornet had hit the post. Erding got a touch to a Younousse Sankhare ball to bring Guingamp briefly back level.