Paris Saint-Germain blew a two-goal advantage and saw its French league lead over Nice reduced to six points after a 2-2 draw with surprise front-runner Brest on Sunday (Jan 28). PSG led 2-0 at the break but an own-goal and an equalizer 10 minutes from the end exposed ongoing difficulties at the back when under pressure.
Paris Saint-Germain are six points clear at the top of Ligue 1 despite letting a two-goal lead slip against Brest. Goals from Marco Asensio and France forward Randal Kolo Muani looked set to give Luis Enrique's side their sixth consecutive win in all competitions. But Mahdi Camara's deflected effort and Mathias Pereira Lage's clever flick gave Brest a deserved point.
PSG finished with 10 players at a deflated Parc des Princes when an agitated Barcola got a second yellow card in the final seconds of stoppage time.
Brest is nine points behind PSG in third place and has a chance to knock PSG out of the French Cup when it returns to Paris in the round-of-16 match on Feb 7.
Earlier, Lille missed the chance to go ahead of Monaco on goal difference and into fourth place when it drew 0-0 at Montpellier. However, Lille still did well to earn a point with 10 players after Ayyoub Bouaddi's sending off in first-half stoppage time for a foul on playmaker Teji Savanier. Lille remains in fifth place and two points ahead of Reims, which could only draw 0-0 with visiting Nantes.
Other matches
Veteran midfielder Andre Ayew rolled back the years with a spectacular goal to earn Le Havre a 3-3 draw at rock-bottom Lorient. The Ghana international scored his first two goals since joining Le Havre this summer. He twice equalized for his team, with a header in the 85th minute for 2-2 and in the fourth minute of stoppage time with an overhead kick to make it 3-3.
In other games, eighth-place Lens won 2-0 at struggling Toulouse with goals from midfielders David Pereira da Costa and Andy Diouf, while coach Patrick Vieira’s midtable Strasbourg side drew 1-1 at Clermont.
Nice, who won 1-0 against Metz on Saturday, are second in the table.
