Nice piled the pressure on relegation-threatened Strasbourg with a convincing victory at the Municipal du Ray stadium.

All the goals came in the second half as Florian Jarjat and Mamadou Bagayoko struck within seconds of each other to put Nice 2-0 up.

Pascal Johansen got one back from the penalty spot, but Sammy Traore iced the cake for Nice with a 90th minute goal.

Marama Vahirua showed Nice's ambition early on when he tried to lob Stephane Cassard from 25 yards, but the Strasbourg goalkeeper managed to get back and make the save.

Moments later, Vahirua whipped in a cross from which Jarjat headed just over.

Vahirua continued to direct operations for Nice, and it was from his free-kick in the 19th minute that Olivier Echouafni saw a shot come back off the post.

In the 25th minute, it was Bagayoko who crossed for Bakary Kone, but Cassard managed to turn his shot around the post.

However, there was no breakthrough until the 62nd minute.

Florent Balmont sent a free-kick into the danger zone, and Jarjat got up to head in from 12 yards.

Strasbourg had barely regrouped by the time Nice doubled their lead. Bagayoko broke into the box before finding the net from 16 yards.

In the 74th minute, Amara Diane was held by Jacques Abardonado and Johansen stepped up to convert the penalty.

However, Traore made sure there was no equaliser for Strasbourg, turning in David Bellion's free-kick late on to seal the win for Nice.