Monaco moved up to third in Ligue 1 on Saturday with a 2-0 win at Angers, while Lille slid to a damaging defeat at Nantes following their Champions League exit. Danish striker Mika Biereth’s 11th goal in nine games for Monaco gave the visitors the lead late in the second half before Maghnes Akliouche made sure of the victory by converting a penalty. “It’s been a long time since we won away from home, and it’s not always easy to turn things around, so we can be happy because we did it as a team,” said Breel Embolo after the win. Adi Huetter’s team climbed above Nice on goals scored and into the automatic Champions League qualifying places, with Lille losing ground after going down 1-0 away to Nantes. “I’m not angry, we played a good match in terms of our approach and preparation for our moves. And a very poor match in terms of finishing; in football, you have to score. We lacked the skill and commitment in front of goal to open the scoring well before Nantes. That’s what we can mainly regret. It’s happened to us before, it’s a setback after the elimination. There are eight matches left, we’ll have to take advantage of this break to get going again.” Lille manager Bruno Genesio said. “Is it due to fatigue? Maybe it’s a consequence of the string of matches, but once again we had to do much better. The players needed the break, some will be able to breathe. We would have liked to have done it with three more points. I thought Aissa [Mandi] was very good, but at the end of the match with a yellow card over his head, he suffered but hung on. Once again, the fact of the match is not Nantes’ goal. Regarding Osame [Sahraoui], he felt pain in his pubis again, I haven’t yet taken stock with the physios, but yes, it’s a bit worrying,” he added. Mostafa Mohamed powered in a header with seven minutes remaining to earn Nantes just their sixth win of the season to send them six points clear of the drop zone. Lille, knocked out in the last 16 of the Champions League by Borussia Dortmund in midweek, are three points behind Monaco and Nice, who conceded a stoppage-time equaliser in Friday’s 1-1 draw with Auxerre. Wesley Said scored the only goal as Lens beat Rennes 1-0 to stay in the hunt for European football. Runaway leaders Paris Saint-Germain could stretch their advantage to 19 points with a win over bitter rivals Marseille at the Parc des Princes on Sunday, opening up the possibility that they could be crowned champions before March is out. PSG have lost just once to Marseille in 25 meetings in Ligue 1 since 2011. (With inputs from Agencies)