Marseille faltered in their pursuit of Paris Saint-Germain at the Ligue 1 summit after falling to a 2-0 defeat to Nice at Allianz Riviera on Sunday. 

Luis Enrique's side had been held to a 1-1 draw against Reims at the Parc des Princes 24 hours earlier, offering Marseille the chance to close their 10-point lead at the top. 

However, they found themselves behind early on when Evann Guessand, who has been touted for a move to the Premier League this month, placed the ball past Geronimo Rulli. 

Marseille responded to that setback with Mason Greenwood the first to test Nice goalkeeper Marcin Bulka, with that effort followed up with a strike from Adrien Rabiot. 

The hosts ended the opening period in the ascendency but were unable to find a leveller, with Valentin Rongier and Quentin Merlin closing out the half with shots from distance. 

Despite their promising end to the first 45 minutes, Marseille found themselves two behind shortly after the interval when Mohamed-Ali Cho was teed up by goalscorer Guessand.

Though the attacking introductions of Jonathan Rowe, Bilal Nadir and Robinio Vaz threatened to bring Marseille back into the game, they were unable to make the desired impact. 

The defeat keeps Roberto De Zerbi's side 10 points behind PSG, with another huge clash against Lyon, who also stuttered on Sunday against Nantes, up next.

Meanwhile, at the Stade de la Beaujoire, Mostafa Mohamed netted a 90th-minute leveller to earn Nantes a 1-1 draw against Europe-chasing Lyon. 

Lyon have now recorded four consecutive draws in all competitions, a first since between March and April 1996 (six), despite taking a 10th minute lead in the contest. 

Ernest Nuamah rounded off a fine attacking move with a simple finish past Anthony Lopes after being brilliantly found by the on-rushing Nicolas Tagliafico's smart pull back. 

With Lyon seemingly heading for an important three points, Mohamed popped up with the equaliser late on, guiding Moses Simon's inch-perfect cross home with a fine header. 

Lyon have won none of their last four away matches in all competitions (D2 L2) for the first time since between May and October 2023 (six), and stay sixth in Ligue 1. 

In Ligue 1's early kick-off, this season's surprise package in the Champions League, Brest, claimed a fourth-straight league victory by edging Le Havre 1-0. 

Ludovic Ajorque scored the only goal of the game, netting his fourth strike in his last five Ligue 1 outings, as many as he had managed in his previous 35 league matches.

Brest have now won nine of their first 19 matches in Ligue 1 2024-25, only doing better at this stage last season (10), with their attention turning to Europe on Wednesday. 

Eric Roy's side sit 13th in the 36-team Champions League table, but just a point from the automatic knockout places, but face holders Real Madrid in their final league game.