France round-up: Marseille sink Auxerre hopes
Monday, April 1, 2002
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Ibrahima Bakayoko was on target as Olympique de Marseille beat AJ Auxerre 3-0 on Monday evening.
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Substitute Ibrahima Bakayoko kept up his record of late goals to cap an impressive 3-0 victory for Olympique de Marseille against AJ Auxerre on Monday.
Killer blow
Marseille have rarely performed to their full capacity this season, but dealt a killer blow to Auxerre's title hopes by dominating the action at the Vélodrome stadium.
Faint hopes
The Burgundy outfit needed a win in Provence to keep their faint hopes of the Le Championnat title alive, but they fell behind after just five minutes and never recovered.
Early penalty
They conceded an early penalty, converted by Frank Leboeuf, before Lamine Sakho and Bakayoko - with his eighth second-half goal of his nine in the league this season - completed the scoring.
