- PARIS: Lyon threw away a 2-0 lead at Nice on Sunday by conceding two last-minute goals and lost more ground in the race for the French title.
Eric Mouloungui beat Lyon goalkeeper Hugo Lloris in the 90th minute and Renato Civelli got the equalizer in stoppage time for Nice.
Kim Kallstrom and Lisandro Lopez scored in the first half for Lyon.
With nine rounds remaining, seven-time champion Lyon now trails league leader Lille by eight points.
Defending champion Marseille can cut Lille's gap to four points if it wins at struggling Lens later Sunday.
Also Sunday, Saint-Etienne was held to a 1-1 home draw by Valenciennes.
Lyon played cautiously through most of the first half but managed to convert its rare chances.
Kallstrom opened the scoring in the 21st with a curled free kick from the right that easily beat goalkeeper David Ospina.
Former Lyon defender Francois Clerc had a good chance to level six minutes later but volleyed wide after Civelli picked him out with a fine pass.
Nice was made to pay for a lapse in concentration just before half time when Mouloungui lost the ball in his own half. Following a swift counterattack led by Maxime Gonalons, Bafetimbi Gomis crossed the ball for Lopez, who coolly slotted home in the 44th.
Nice striker Daniel Ljuboja was fouled in the box in the 47th but the former Paris Saint-Germain player saw his effort from the spot denied by France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris with a fine save to his right.
Lyon started to get the upper hand as its superior fitness showed and could have scored two more goals with France midfielder Yoann Gourcuff and Kallstrom both hitting the post in the last 20 minutes.
Lyon looked set for victory when Pape Diakhate was sent off for an ugly foul on Abdou Traore in the box, and Mouloungui converted the penalty to pull one back.
Nice kept pushing in extra time and was rewarded when Civelli diverted a shot from Nemanja Pejcinovic to level after Lyon defenders failed to clear a corner.

