Noah Cadiou's second-half penalty earned Lorient a 1-0 victory over Monaco in Brittany on Sunday, denying the visitors a return to the top of Ligue 1.
Monaco are now one of four teams level on points at the summit. They were joined by Paris FC, who edged Rennes 4-3 thanks to Lassine Sinayoko's injury-time penalty. Rennes dropped to fifth, a point behind, despite forward Estéban Lepaul's hat-trick of penalties in Paris.
Ligue 1 standings and other results
Champions Paris Saint-Germain, who beat Strasbourg 3-1 on Saturday, top the table on goals scored ahead of their cross-town rivals and Lille, with Monaco just behind on goal difference. Lyon have a chance to overtake PSG when they host Nice later on Sunday.
Marseille picked up a much-needed win as they thumped Angers 5-2 to pull away from the relegation zone. Le Havre remain rooted to the foot of the table as Cameroon forward Danny Namaso's double helped Auxerre come away from Normandy with a 3-1 victory.
Bundesliga: Leverkusen comeback and Gladbach's woes
Ibrahim Maza and Patrik Schick combined to score two goals as Bayer Leverkusen came from behind to beat in-form Freiburg 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Sunday.
After a shock defeat to promoted Elversberg in the season opener, Leverkusen have now picked up 13 of a possible 18 points and sit fourth, level with third-placed Freiburg – who host Bayern Munich next weekend – on points.
Rock bottom Borussia Mönchengladbach are still searching for a first point of the season after losing 2-1 at home against fellow strugglers Hoffenheim.
Hoffenheim's Bambasé Conté opened the scoring with his second goal in two games since a surprise call-up to the Germany squad in October. Wael Mohya levelled for the hosts just after the break but Alexander Prass put Hoffenheim back in front shortly afterwards as the visitors, who host Lyon in the Europa League on Thursday, won just their second game of the season.
Serie A: Como end winless streak, Milan climb
Cesc Fàbregas's Como ended their three-game winless streak in Serie A on Sunday with a 3-1 victory at lowly Fiorentina.
First-half goals by Mattia Liberali and Nico Paz put the visitors in charge, before Marin Pongracic halved the deficit shortly before the interval. Anastasios Douvikas netted early in the second period to put to bed any hope of a Fiorentina comeback and keep the hosts locked in the relegation zone on four points.
Milan leapfrogged Como into fourth as they survived a second-half comeback from Atalanta to win 3-2. Goals from Gonçalo Ramos, Adrien Rabiot and Mario Gila put Milan 3-0 ahead after 58 minutes before Atalanta rallied through Gianluca Gaetano and Nikola Krstovic.
Lazio travel to Juventus later on Sunday where a win would take the Romans level on 19 points with Inter at the top of the table. Earlier, Lecce won 3-0 at Udinese, with Kialonda Gaspar, Konan N'Dri and Jamil Siebert all finding the net.
La Liga and later fixtures
An early penalty from Ante Budimir and a late Asier Osambela goal earned Osasuna a 2-0 win against Racing Santander in La Liga, while Celta Vigo won 2-1 at home against Alavés.
Later on Sunday, Real Madrid host Sevilla, needing a win to narrow the nine-point advantage held by Barcelona.
