Paris: Monaco’s hopes of Champions League football next season got a boost with a 1-0 win over Nice on Saturday as Lyon rekindled their European challenge by beating Angers 3-0. On a stormy, tense day in Ligue 1, seven players were red-carded in seven games. The Riveria derby clash between the second and third placed teams failed to ignite Monaco’s Stade Louis II before midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko struck after 81 minutes. The win allows Monaco, second behind runaway leaders Paris Saint-Germain, to move six points clear of Nice, who remain third, two points ahead of Angers with Lyon moving up to fifth a further point back.