PARIS — Monaco dropped points in the race to qualify directly for next season's Champions League after drawing at Ligue 1 struggler Le Havre 1-1 on Saturday.
Monaco moved above Marseille and into second place on goal difference, but direct rivals Lyon in fourth, Nice in fifth and sixth-placed Strasbourg all won to move one point behind Monaco with three matches left.
The top three qualify automatically and the team finishing fourth enters qualifying. Marseille needs to beat mid-table Brest on Sunday to reclaim second spot.
Lyon's attack purring
Lyon blew Rennes apart in the first half on the way to a 4-1 win.
Belgium forward Malick Fofana scored a brilliant goal, cutting in from the left and curling the ball into the top right corner from 20 meters out.
Veteran captain Corentin Tolisso curled one into the bottom right corner from outside the penalty area and Alexandre Lacazette blasted a shot into the top right following a rapid counterattack for his 13th league goal.
Rennes replied early in the second half through 17-year-old striker Mohamed Kader Meïté before Lyon's fourth goal from Georges Mikautadze, which was the best of the night.
