Olympique Marseille failed to take advantage of Olympique Lyon's defeat at Ajaccio when they slumped to a shock 1-0 home loss to Nancy after finishing with 10 men following Joey Barton's first Ligue 1 sending-off on Sunday.
Salif Sane scored the winner for Nancy after Andre Ayew deflected the ball into his own net following a corner in the 75th minute, giving the visitors their first away victory of the season and lifting them to 19th, four points from safety.
The hosts were down to 10 men after controversial Englishman Barton picked up two bookings in four minutes just before the hour to earn his first red card since joining Marseille on loan from Queens Park Rangers.
Marseille stayed third on 42 points from 23 games, six behind leaders Paris St Germain and three adrift of Lyon who were stunned 3-1 at lowly Ajaccio thanks to Adrian Mutu's first Ligue 1 double.
The action-packed second half proved to be a nightmare for title-chasing Lyon, for whom Bafetimbi Gomis missed a chance to make it 2-2 from the penalty spot with three minutes to go and centre back Dejan Lovren was sent off in stoppage time.
Mutu, who put his side ahead with a close-range header in the 65th minute, netted the resulting penalty to seal the home team's victory.
Champions Montpellier recovered from Gaetan Courtet's first- half opener to beat struggling Stade Reims 3-1 at home through goals by Souleymane Camara, Marco Estrada and Younes Belhanda.
Salif Sane scored the winner for Nancy after Andre Ayew deflected the ball into his own net following a corner in the 75th minute, giving the visitors their first away victory of the season and lifting them to 19th, four points from safety.
The hosts were down to 10 men after controversial Englishman Barton picked up two bookings in four minutes just before the hour to earn his first red card since joining Marseille on loan from Queens Park Rangers.
Marseille stayed third on 42 points from 23 games, six behind leaders Paris St Germain and three adrift of Lyon who were stunned 3-1 at lowly Ajaccio thanks to Adrian Mutu's first Ligue 1 double.
The action-packed second half proved to be a nightmare for title-chasing Lyon, for whom Bafetimbi Gomis missed a chance to make it 2-2 from the penalty spot with three minutes to go and centre back Dejan Lovren was sent off in stoppage time.
Mutu, who put his side ahead with a close-range header in the 65th minute, netted the resulting penalty to seal the home team's victory.
Champions Montpellier recovered from Gaetan Courtet's first- half opener to beat struggling Stade Reims 3-1 at home through goals by Souleymane Camara, Marco Estrada and Younes Belhanda.
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