Tengstedt scores as Toulouse come back to draw at table-toppers Monaco

[p]Despite both sides struggling to gain a foothold in the game, the hosts carried the majority of the early attacking threat, and Filipe Luis’ charges almost seized a bizarre lead on 15 minutes.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/camara-lamine/boBGHitI/"]Lamine Camara[/a]’s driven pass into the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/toulouse/MLmY2yB1/"]Toulouse[/a] box ricocheted off two defenders and sat up perfectly for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/detourbet-mathys/OQkSIBiQ/"]Mathys Deterbout[/a], but his scooped close-range effort bounced back off the crossbar.[/p][p][b]That opportunity sparked [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/monaco/2PIvr8o4/"]Monaco[/a] into life, and they made the breakthrough just before the half-hour mark through [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/diop-edan/EJpPkLtD/"]Edan Diop[/a], who perfectly timed his run to nod home [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/golovin-aleksandr/WSP08bVp/"]Aleksandr Golovin[/a]’s cross from six yards out for a first club goal.[/b][/p][image alt="Match momentum" id="6afb0bee-2340-4b65-a48a-c4aae8851ac2" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="13904e59-f0e3-487b-af38-edf15283460f" original-width="3840" original-height="2160" /][p]That eased the hosts’ nerves before the break, and a moment of individual brilliance handed them a two-goal edge just nine minutes later.[/p][p][b]Once again, the Toulouse defence looked shaky as Monaco pressed high, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/abline-matthis/4pCFSl1P/"]Matthis Abline[/a] grabbed his chance to rocket past [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/restes-guillaume/v3qqsoQi/"]Guillaume Restes[/a] from the edge of Toulouse’s box to also open his account for Les Monegasques.[/b][/p][embed guid="79dcef49-e486-4161-bc0a-09c31360acb9" url="https://x.com/Ligue1_ENG/status/2109022800283312205" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]Despite looking set to cruise on after the interval, Monaco made the worst possible start to the second period as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nazinho/WbWuxonK/"]Nazinho[/a] pulled down [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mckenzie-mark/S44zFHdC/"]Mark McKenzie[/a] at a corner, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tengstedt-casper/2gNPfEXb/"]Casper Tengstedt[/a] crisply dispatched the resulting penalty.[/b][/p][p][b]Toulouse’s rapid response unsettled the hosts, and Les Violets pulled level on 59 minutes as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/oppong-sion/r3reyULi/"]Sion Oppong[/a] steered home Tengstedt’s cross, with the Swede joining Diop and Abline in bagging his first goal for a new club.[/b][/p][p]The handbrake was released at both ends late on, and as Monaco chased a winner, Toulouse were grateful to Restes, who produced a sprawling stop to repel Golovin’s arrowed free-kick in the closing stages.[/p][p]The visitors ultimately held firm, leaving Monaco frustrated at letting two points slip away, but they leapfrog Lille at the top of Ligue 1 after six games played, while Toulouse’s unbeaten run stretches to three games. [/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tengstedt-casper/2gNPfEXb/"]Casper Tengstedt[/a] (Toulouse)[/b][/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="bc1944e3-e654-4072-8509-417254029f78" credit-line="Flashscore" hidden-attrs="alt, credit" guid="98d1ec06-31b1-4974-8efe-484ecde2248b" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/monaco-2PIvr8o4/toulouse-MLmY2yB1/summary/stats/?mid=fos3Qivm"]Catch up on the match stats with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]