PARIS (AFP) - Lyon eased closer to a seventh successive French title with a 2-1 win at Valenciennes on Sunday but Paris Saint Germain's League Cup party woke up with a thumping relegation headache.

International striker Sidney Govou scored his seventh goal of the league campaign in the 65th minute to secure the victory for Lyon which gives Alain Perrin's side a nine-point lead with just seven games left.

Govou fired home a cross from the impressive Abdul Kader Keita past Valenciennes goalkeeper Nicolas Penneteau to wrap up his team's sixth successive win and make light of the absence of injured top scorer Karim Benzema.

Keita had given Lyon an eighth-minute lead when he drove past Penneteau from a pinpoint cross from Francois Clerc.

However, Valenciennes, who defeated second-placed Bordeaux last weekend, were deservedly level after 27 minutes when Eric Chelle headed home.

Perrin refused to start celebrating the championship.

"All of our matches are becoming more difficult as every opponent raises their game against us," he said.

PSG, who clinched the League Cup with a last-minute penalty win over Lens on Saturday, came back to earth with a bump as they saw fellow strugglers Toulouse beat rock-bottom Metz 2-0 to push the capital club into second from bottom spot.

Achille Emana scored twice in the last ten minutes to give Toulouse the three points which lifted them above PSG and into third from bottom place.

On Saturday, Argentinian striker Fernando Cavenaghi scored twice as Bordeaux battled back from a goal down to beat nine-man Nancy 2-1.

The victory kept Bordeaux in second place, six points ahead of Nancy, and boosted their hopes of Champions League football next season.

Nancy haven't won at Bordeaux since 1996 but they were ahead on the half-hour mark when Moncef Zerka scored following a corner from Benjamin Gavanon.

Cavenaghi, who had started the day with 10 goals this season, levelled on 53 minutes before Nancy had Jonathan Brisan sent off. Cavenaghi wrapped up the three points from the penalty spot in the 82nd minute.

Nancy finished the match with nine men after Frederic Biancalani was sent-off in the closing moments.

"Things went our way tonight, but that's not always the case," said Bordeaux coach Laurent Blanc. "I understand that Nancy aren't happy. They lost the match and lost two players. It was a very bad evening for them."

Nancy coach Pablo Correa was furious with losing two men.

"Do I feel a sense of injustice? There are children listening so I can't tell you what I think."

In Sunday's late game, fourth-placed Marseille kept on course for European football next season coming from behind to beat Lorient 2-1 with Mamadou Niang grabbing a 79th-minute winner, his 13th goal of the season.

Rafik Saifi gave Lorient the lead just before the interval before Kanga Akale levelled, seven minutes after the break.

Marseille now have 49 points, three behind third-placed Nancy.