Sorry times for PSG
Paul Le Guen's hopes that ailing Paris Saint Germain's wretched season had turned a corner were dashed after a 2-1 home loss to Toulouse on Saturday.
PSG, desperate to build on last week's win over Auxerre, fell behind to a double either side of the break from Johan Elmander, with Pedro Pauleta's injury time penalty doing little to appease the frustrated Parc des Princes fans.
This latest loss, PSG's seventh of the campaign, left the capital club back in the relegation zone, with only Sochaux and Metz below them.
Club president Alain Cayzac said that the PSG management would be holding crisis talks next week.
Asked by Canal+ television whether Le Guen's future would be one of the subjects up for discussion Cayzac said: "We'll be looking at all the solutions to get out of this deep crisis, that means everything."
He added: "This situation is hitting me hard."
Lyon, fresh from their midweek heroics in qualifying for the Champions League last 16 with that 3-0 defeat of Rangers, found that a hard act to follow and were held to a goalless draw by Nice at the Stade Gerland.
That left Alain Perrin's champions, who are chasing a seventh title, still with a little work to do to going into the mid-season break with the honorary title of winter champions.
Saturday's share of the spoils put them on 38 points, five clear of Nancy who host Strasbourg on Sunday.
Lyon's goalkeeper Remy Vercoutre said: "We left a fair bit of energy at Ibrox (against Rangers on Wednesday)."
Lyon can count themselves fortunate to have taken something from the game as Brazilian midfielder Ederson's 83rd minute freekick hit the crossbar with the ball rebounding off the line, to the evident relief of Vercoutre.
"We couldn't have done more this evening," reflected Perrin.
"We didn't have enough gas to grab the win, players aren't robots."
Highfliers Le Mans moved up a place into third after a goalless draw with Lorient put them on 30 points.
Sochaux prevailed 2-1 in the bottom of the table dogfight with Metz, while strugglers Lille boosted their bid to stay in the top flight with a 3-0 win over Saint Etienne.
Valenciennes beat Auxerre by the same margin.
Monaco won their seventh match of the season, Jurgen Menez' second half double earning them a 2-0 success over Lens, and Caen were into sixth after beating Rennes 2-1.
On Sunday, Bordeaux can reclaim third place with victory over Marseille while second placed Nancy will be aiming to cut Lyon's five point lead when they host Strasbourg.
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