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.