- Ronael Pierre-Gabriel (15')
- Romain Perraud (19')
- Irvin Cardona (41')
- Burak Yilmaz (45'+3' Pen, 57')
Lille suffer first Ligue 1 defeat of season at Brest
Lille lost their first Ligue 1 game of the season and ground to leaders Paris Saint-Germain when they slumped to a 3-2 defeat at Brest on Sunday after making a terrible start to the match.
Burak Yilmaz's double was not enough to make up for a three-goal deficit following headers by Ronael Pierre-Gabriel and Romain Perraud and an Irvin Cardona strike in the first half.
The result left second-placed Lille, who impressed in a 3-0 win at AC Milan in the Europa League on Thursday, on 19 points, five behind PSG who beat Rennes 3-0 at home on Saturday.
Brest moved up to 13th on 12 points.
The home side opened the scoring in the 15th minute when Pierre-Gabriel headed home Perraud's cross.
Perraud made it 2-0 four minutes later with a fine half volley as Lille struggled to cope with the hosts' early pressure.
Three minutes from the break, Brest added another as Cardona lobbed Mike Maignan with a header, only for Yilmaz to give Lille a lifeline on the stroke of halftime with a penalty after Paul Lasne fouled Jose Fonte.
Yilmaz further reduced the arrears 12 minutes into the second half with a deflected shot for his sixth Ligue 1 goal.
The striker had a golden opportunity to salvage a point for the visitors but his last-minute strike hit the crossbar.
Game Information
French Ligue 1 Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paris Saint-Germain | 31 | 20 | 10 | 1 | +47 | 70 |
AS Monaco | 32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | +20 | 61 |
Brest | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | +16 | 57 |
Lille | 31 | 15 | 10 | 6 | +18 | 55 |
Nice | 31 | 14 | 9 | 8 | +11 | 51 |
Lens | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | +8 | 49 |
Stade Rennais | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | +8 | 45 |
Marseille | 31 | 11 | 11 | 9 | +9 | 44 |
Lyon | 31 | 13 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 44 |
Montpellier | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | -3 | 40 |
Toulouse | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 40 |
Stade de Reims | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 40 |
Strasbourg | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | -12 | 36 |
Nantes | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | -20 | 33 |
Le Havre AC | 32 | 7 | 11 | 14 | -9 | 32 |
Metz | 32 | 8 | 5 | 19 | -20 | 29 |
Lorient | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -26 | 26 |
Clermont Foot | 32 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -28 | 25 |