Lorient and Strasbourg mount comebacks, Nantes claim first win, Brest up to second in Ligue 1 with Reims win
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Updated 17/09/2023 at 22:29 GMT
Lorient and Strasbourg took the headlines on an intriguing day of Ligue 1 action. Lorient scored a stoppage-time equaliser to claim a point against league leaders Monaco, while Strasbourg recovered from 2-0 down to draw with Montpellier. Marseille were held to a goalless draw by Toulouse at the Stade Velodrome, while Lyon are still waiting for a first win of the season after drawing with Le Havre.
Romain Faivre celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the French L1 football match between FC Lorient and AS Monaco at Stade du Moustoir in Lorient, western France on September 17, 2023.
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Monaco still lead the way in Ligue 1 despite succumbing to Romain Faivre's stoppage-time equaliser in a 2-2 draw away at Lorient.
The hosts broke the deadlock inside the opening two minutes when Tosin Aiyegun latched onto Eli Junior Kroupi's pass before applying a lovely dinked finish past Philipp Kohn.
Parity was restored when Youssouf Fofana played in Aleksandr Golovin with the most sumptuous of assists, as the Russia international fired home past Yvon Mvogo in the 17th minute.
They turned the match on its head after the break through summer signing from Arsenal, Folarin Balogun, somehow managing to squeeze the ball in from a tight angle.
But it was the hosts that had the final say through Faivre, who had the ball laid on a plate from him by Isaak Toure, and he fired in a superb left-footed volley.
Nantes claimed their first win of the season after edging out Clermont Foot thanks to Moses Simon's brilliant strike, lifting the Canaries out of the bottom three.
Brest are up to second after coming back from a goal down to win 2-1 at Reims, as goals from Mahdi Camara and Pierre Lees-Melou overturned Amir Richardson's first-half opener for the hosts.
Strasbourg recovered from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with Montpellier, as first-half goals from Wahbi Khazri and Arnaud Nordin were wiped out after the break through Benjamin Lecomte's own-goal and Lebo Mothiba's header. A dramatic ending saw VAR deny Montpellier a stoppage-time winner, with Khalil Fayad judged to have been in an offside position as he tapped the ball home.
There were no goals at the Stade Veledrome after Marseille were held to a goalless draw by Toulouse, leaving Marcelino's side in fourth.
It was also goalless in the game between Lyon and Le Havre at the Groupama Stadium, with Fabio Grosso's side still winless after five matches and they sit 16th in the relegation zone.
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