PARIS: Days after producing one of the best matches in their history, Paris St Germain fell back to earth with a goalless home draw against Toulouse in the Ligue 1 on Sunday.

Fresh from crushing feeble Barca 4-0 in their Champions League last-16 first leg on Tuesday, PSG could this time not find their way past a rather more stubborn Toulouse defence as they only reclaimed second place on goal difference over Nice.

Monaco are top of the table with 59 points from 26 games, three ahead of PSG and Nice.

Edinson Cavani struck the woodwork in the second half for the defending champions but Toulouse held out as PSG failed to score in a game for the first time since the start of December. “We missed a chance but we must keep going,” PSG coach Unai Emery said. “I believe in the team.”

Earlier, Olympique Lyonnais cemented their fourth place when Corentin Tolisso, Alexandre Lacazette and Nabil Fekir struck three times within 11 minutes to give them a 4-2 comeback win against Dijon.

Lyon, who have a game in hand, have 43 points and lead fifth-placed St Etienne, who lost 2-1 at Montpellier, by four points.

Published in Dawn, February 21st, 2017