European football: 10-man Lyon hold off Nice to move top of Ligue 1

Monaco go down 1-0 at Lorient in Ligue 1 Bayer Leverkusen come from behind to beat Freiburg Noah Cadiou’s second-half penalty for Lorient prevented Monaco returning to the top of Ligue 1 as they fell to a 1-0 defeat in Brittany on Sunday.

Monaco are one of four teams level on points at the top of the table as they were joined by Paris FC , who edged Rennes 4-3 thanks to Lassine Sinayoko’s injury-time penalty.

Rennes dropped to fifth, a point behind, despite forward Estéban Lepaul’s hat-trick of penalties in Paris.

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