Lens roar back from two goals down to edge 10-man Toulouse and keep heat on PSG

[p]No team in Ligue 1 have gained more points at home than [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lens/IBmris38/"]Lens[/a] this season (W13, D2), but they found themselves 2-0 down inside 13 minutes after an extraordinary start to the game.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/risser-robin/zHRwZwXF/"]Robin Risser[/a] was to blame for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/toulouse/MLmY2yB1/"]Toulouse[/a]’s sixth-minute opener, as the goalkeeper inexplicably let [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/casseres-cristian/4UatnyW3/"]Cristian Casseres[/a] Jr’s shot from distance squirm through his fingers. [/b][/p][p][b]That was only a second goal of the season for the midfielder, and another unlikely scorer doubled the lead after 13 minutes when Les Violets kept a corner alive, allowing 18-year-old home-grown centre back [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/koumbassa-seny/8rHtHunI/"]Seny Koumbassa[/a] to head in his first senior goal.[/b][/p][p]Les Sang et Or were handed a lifeline just four minutes later, when Toulouse’s top goalscorer [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gboho-yann/25Lm5dfs/"]Yann Gboho[/a] was sent off for a high challenge after referee Jeremie Pignard consulted the VAR monitor.[/p][image alt="Match momentum" id="2d53d9f0-c262-484c-825d-6c36f06b66e5" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="ec9069fb-db73-44f7-becd-a8a182cc58dd" original-width="1920" original-height="1080" /][p]Lens grabbed the momentum, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/said-wesley/400jX4xg/"]Wesley Said[/a] headed into the side netting before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/restes-guillaume/v3qqsoQi/"]Gillaume Restes[/a] made a smart double save from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/udol-matthieu/AuzyopRB/"]Matthieu Udol[/a].[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sotoca-florian/AgROGWlt/"]Florian Sotoca[/a] then thought he had halved the deficit on the half-hour mark, but Pignard spotted a push by the skipper as he nodded home. Despite Lens’ pressure, Toulouse reached the break unscathed to lead at half-time for only the second time in their past 11 Ligue 1 games (HT: D4, L5).[/p][p]The onslaught continued after the interval, and Said should have done better when he nodded over six minutes into the half, before sending his next header too close to Restes.[/p][embed guid="4ebca237-7f3c-4c3b-afa4-555297ea8413" url="https://x.com/RCLens/status/2045241482370519542" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]The goalkeeper was finally beaten in the 61st minute when substitute [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/saint-maximin-allan/lfmyPFLA/"]Allan Saint-Maximin[/a] crossed to the far post, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/abdulhamid-saud/OOentN4R/"]Saud Abdulhamid[/a] headed his second goal of the season inside the far post. [/b][/p][p][b]Within six minutes Lens were level, as Restes failed to hold [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sarr-malang/zZ3dzMX8/"]Malang Sarr[/a]’s low drive from range, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/thomasson-adrien/4bTqh1H2/"]Adrien Thomasson[/a] - who scored in his side’s 3-0 win in the reverse fixture - buried his third goal of the campaign.  [/b][/p][p][b]Lens pushed for a winner, but it looked like they would fail to turn their dominance into three points, only for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ganiou-pierre/zmYn0a9a/"]Ganiou[/a] to head home from a corner with the last of their 42 total shots in stoppage time. [/b][/p][p]Les Sang et Or are now only one point behind Ligue 1 leaders [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/psg/CjhkPw0k/"]Paris Saint-Germain[/a] - although the champions have two games in hand - and their dream of a first top-flight title since 1997/98 remains alive.[/p][p]In the short term, this result will surely give them the edge when they return here on Tuesday to face Toulouse, who have won just twice in Ligue 1 since the start of February (D2, L7).[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ganiou-pierre/zmYn0a9a/"]Ismaelo Ganiou[/a] (Lens)[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/lens-IBmris38/toulouse-MLmY2yB1/summary/stats/?mid=UHDmneiR"]Catch up on the match stats on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]