Soccer-Marseille go second with solid win at Lens


Soccer Football - Ligue 1 - RC Lens v Olympique de Marseille - Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens, France - January 22, 2022 Olympique de Marseille's Dimitri Payet in action with RC Lens' Facundo Medina and Kevin Danso REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

LENS, France (Reuters) - Olympique de Marseille moved up to second in Ligue 1 when Dimitri Payet and Cedric Bakambu earned them a solid 2-0 victory at RC Lens on Saturday.

The Provence side, who have 40 points from 21 games, played neatly throughout and were rarely troubled as Payet and second-half substitute Bakambu struck either side of the interval.

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