PSG beat second-placed Marseille 3-1 to extend its lead at the top to 19 points with just eight rounds remaining.

PSG beat second-placed Marseille ... stroke of halftime for the visitors. Lyon moved to fifth place in the standings, just two points behind the last direct Champions League spot.

The other, and riskier, idea mooted was for Ligue 1 to go direct to consumers with its own ... there was a row between Textor, Lyon’s owner, and Al-Khelaifi, president of Paris Saint-Germain ...