Ligue 1: Monaco climb to top with draw, Lorient take shock win over Rennes

A late Frederic Sammaritano euqalizer saw Monaco held at Dijon but the side still climbed to the top of Ligue 1, while struggling Lorient bagged a shock win over Rennes 2-1 at home on Tuesday.

Guido Carrillo put Leonardo Jardim's side ahead on 16 minutes at the Stade Gaston-Gerard, as Baptiste Reynet spilled Djibril Sidibe's shot to allow Carrillo to pounce to score his sixth goal of the year.

The strike had looked enough to take all three points from a hard-fought contest before Sammaritano finished off a wonderfully-worked move with just three minutes left.

With the draw, Monaco moved back to the top of Ligue 1 on goal difference over Nice before the Cote d'Azur side, who had led the French top flight for nine rounds, visits Guingamp on Wednesday.

Earlier on Tuesday, bottom-dwelling club Lorient claimed a much-needed 2-1 victory over Rennes in the Brittany derby at Le Moustoir, Majeed Waris having scored the winner early in the second half.

Lorient took the lead on 28 minutes through a header from defender Michael Ciani on the corner, before Giovanni Sio's equalizer cancelled out their advantage in the 32nd minute.

Bernard Casoni's side, which had not won in Ligue 1 since the end of September, then went on to claim all three points after Ghanean forward Waris slotted home from close range just a minute into the second half.

Also on Tuesday, Lille, who sacked manager Frederic Antonetti last week, ended their winless streak with a 4-2 victory over Caen at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy, under interim coach Patrick Collot. Endit