Ligue 1: Dimitri Payet stars as Marseille climb above Lyon into second place with comfortable win over Caen

Paris: Dimitri Payet and Florian Thauvin netted second-half goals as Marseille defeated Caen 2-0 on Friday to climb above Lyon and into second place in France’s Ligue 1. [caption id=“attachment_4311361” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Marseille’s Dimitri Payet celebrates scoring their second goal. Reuters[/caption] Former West Ham winger Payet broke the deadlock on 55 minutes from the penalty spot after Bouna Sarr was brought down in the area by Vincent Bessat. Thauvin sealed a fourth straight league win for Marseille with his team-leading 10th goal of the season on 74 minutes, curling a terrific 20-yard strike into the top corner. Rudi Garcia’s team moved two points clear of Lyon, who host runaway leaders Paris Saint-Germain in the game of the weekend on Sunday. PSG are nine points clear following Wednesday’s record-breaking 8-0 rout of Dijon at the Parc des Princes. Defending champions Monaco, in fourth, are at home to bottom-of-the-table Metz.