Jose Fonte late header helps Lille keep prime of Ligue 1, Lyon held at Marseille

Captain Jose Fonte rescued some extent for Lille with a thumping late header in a 1-1 residence draw with Strasbourg to make sure his facet stayed prime of Ligue 1.
Lille is 2 factors forward of defending champion Paris Saint-Germain and three forward of third-place Lyon, which drew 1-1 at Marseille in Sunday’s late sport.
Lyon took the lead within the twentieth minute by striker Karl Toko Ekambi, who swept the ball into the nook after being arrange by midfielder Lucas Paqueta.
But Paqueta’s handball simply earlier than halftime gave seventh-place Marseille a penalty, and Poland striker Arkadiusz Milik confidently equalized for his second purpose in three video games since becoming a member of from Napoli.
Lyon ahead Memphis Depay shot simply vast from the sting of the penalty space 10 minutes into the second half and, with 20 minutes left of a fair contest, Paqueta was despatched off for a barely late deal with on Dimitri Payet.
Even with 10 males Lyon appeared the extra harmful facet, and Depay completed nicely within the 83rd just for his purpose to be accurately dominated offside, a lot to the Netherlands ahead’s frustration.
Earlier, Strasbourg shocked Lille when it took the lead by striker Ludovic Ajorque within the thirty fifth minute, ending powerfully from Frederic Guilbert’s cross.
Both sides wasted probabilities earlier than the 37-year-old Fonte rose on the again publish to satisfy Benjamin Andre’s pinpoint cross from the left.
Strasbourg didn’t come for a draw and virtually scored a dramatic winner within the fifth minute of harm time, however Lille goalkeeper Mike Maignan made an excellent save to maintain out striker Habib Diallo’s low shot from 10 meters.
Down south in Monaco, substitute Stefan Jovetic and striker Kevin Volland hit late objectives as fourth-place Monaco beat Brest 2-0 to stretch its unbeaten league run to 12 video games and keep within the title chase.
Brest goalkeeper Gautier Larsonneur justified his recall by saving Wissam Ben Yedder’s first-half penalty — Monaco’s first failed penalty this season — and making an important save to cease central defender Guillermo Maripan’s highly effective header from a nook within the 74th minute.
But he was overwhelmed one minute later when Jovetic superior to the sting of the penalty space and let fly with a robust shot into the underside proper nook.
Volland confirmed good timing to clip midfielder Aleksandr Golovin’s low free kick over Larsonneur and inside the precise publish within the 89th.
Monaco is one level behind Lyon and two behind PSG, which routed rock-bottom Dijon 4-0 on Saturday.