Lens piled the strain on PSG.
Lens moved, at the least briefly, again to the highest of Ligue 1 with a 1-0 win over Le Havre.
Ruben Aguilar’s volley in first-half stoppage time proved sufficient for Lens to go a degree away from Paris Saint-Germain, who face a tough journey to Strasbourg on Sunday.
Adrien Thomasson appeared to have doubled Lens’ lead within the 66th minute, however noticed his purpose chalked off by VAR for a handball within the build-up.
However Le Havre not often seemed like discovering an equaliser, with defeat leaving them fourth-bottom, six factors away from Nantes within the relegation play-off place.
Espanyol 1-2 Alaves
In LaLiga, Espanyol’s Champions League aspirations suffered a setback as they had been surprisingly overwhelmed at residence by Alaves.
Alaves began the sport only a level above the relegation zone however at the moment are within the prime half following a formidable fightback.
Robert Fernandez Jaen headed Espanyol right into a Fifteenth-minute lead, just for Antonio Blanco to degree 12 minutes later when he discovered the bottom-left nook with an outstanding effort from the sting of the world.
Alaves accomplished the turnaround when Toni Martinez made essentially the most of poor defending to latch onto a protracted ball ahead and pull the ball again from the best byline for Lucas Boye to roll residence the decisive purpose.
Espanyol stay fifth, seven factors adrift of fourth-placed Villarreal having performed two video games extra. They may very well be leapfrogged by Actual Betis and Celta Vigo, who face Valencia and Getafe on Sunday.
Lazio win thriller, Cologne prevail
In Serie A, Lazio prevailed in an exhilarating contest with Genoa, Danilo Cataldi’s penalty within the a hundredth minute securing a 3-2 victory on the Stadio Olimpico.
A penalty from Pedro and Kenneth Taylor’s first purpose for Lazio gave them a 2-0 lead. Nevertheless, it was worn out by Ruslan Malinovskyi’s spot-kick and a close-range effort from Vitinha, who pounced after Lazio did not clear a nook.
However there was a last twist within the story within the ninety fifth minute when the referee was known as to the pitchside monitor to assessment a possible handball in opposition to Leo Ostigard. He duly pointed to the spot and Cataldi discovered the bottom-left nook with a exact strike to safe the factors.
Within the Bundesliga, Linton Maina’s first-half purpose gave Cologne a 1-0 win over Wolfsburg.
