Paris St Germain shocked Lyon 1-0 as Rennes held Bordeaux to a 1-1 draw.
Rennes hold Bordeaux
Paris St Germain shocked Lyon 1-0 as Rennes held Bordeaux to a 1-1 draw.
Lyon had been unbeaten in their previous seven games and opened up a seven-point lead at the top prior to the weekend's action, but they fell victim to a resurgent
Paris St Germain.
Ludovic Giuly broke the deadlock for PSG in the 25th minute and Lyon, who had Juninho sent off late on, could not respond.
Rennes extended their unbeaten run to 13 games with a 1-1 draw against fellow high-flyers
Bordeaux.
Rennes, who have been climbing the table rapidly in recent weeks, took the lead against Bordeaux courtesy of Olivier Thomert in the 19th minute.
However, Bordeaux equalised through Yoann Gourcuff after 59 minutes and neither side could force a winner.
Nice have been playing as well as Rennes of late and Frederic Antonetti's men climbed to second with a 1-0 victory over struggling
St Etienne.
Olivier Echouafni grabbed the crucial goal for Nice on 21 minutes as St Etienne suffered their seventh straight defeat.
Toulouse slipped to a surprise 1-0 loss at
Lorient, with Kavin Gameiro finding the target after 74 minutes.
Caen were also 1-0 winners as Reynald Lemaitre (57) struck the decisive blow in their clash with
Auxerre.
Bottom two clubs
Valenciennes and
Sochaux, with three wins between them this season, could not be separated as they drew 2-2.
Mevlut Erdinc's opener for Sochaux after 39 minutes was cancelled out by Jose Saez (62) and Johan Audel then fired Valenciennes 2-1 ahead six minutes later.
But there was drama six minutes from time as Sloan Privat rescued a point for Sochaux.
Le Havre inched a little further clear of trouble as they played out a goalless draw with
Grenoble.
