The lens returned to the top, at least temporarily League 1 With a 1-0 win over Le Havre.

Ruben Aguilar’s volley in first-half stoppage time proved enough to put Lens one point clear. Paris Saint-GermainWho face a tough trip to Strasbourg on Sunday.

Adrian Thomson doubled Lens’ lead in the 66th minute, but saw his goal ruled out for handball by VAR.

But Le Havre rarely looked like finding an equaliser, with defeat dropping them to fourth bottom, six points clear of Nantes in the relegation play-off places.

Espanyol 1-2 Alaves

in LaLigaEspanyol’s Champions League aspirations suffered a setback as they were surprisingly beaten at home by Alaves.

Alaves started the game just one point above the relegation zone but are now in the top half following an impressive fightback.

Robert Fernandez Jaine gave Espanyol a 15th-minute lead, only for Antonio Blanco to find the bottom-left corner with a superb effort from the edge of the area after 12 minutes.

Alaves completed the turnaround when Toni Martinez made the most of poor defending to pounce on a long ball and pull the ball back from the right byline for Lucas Boye to score the decisive goal.

Espanyol are in fifth place, seven points behind fourth-placed Villarreal and have played two games more. They could be leapfrogged by Real Betis and Celta Vigo, who face Valencia and Getafe on Sunday.

Lazio win exciting, Cologne prevailing

In Serie A, Lazio prevailed in a thrilling contest with Genoa, Danilo Cataldi’s penalty in the 100th minute at the Stadio Olimpico winning 3–2.

Pedro’s penalty and Kenneth Taylor’s first goal for Lazio gave them a 2–0 lead. However, they were destroyed by Ruslan Malinovsky’s spot-kick and Vitinha’s close-range effort, which Lazio pounced after failing to clear a corner.

But the story took its final twist in the 95th minute when the referee was called on the pitchside monitor to review a possible handball against Leo Östigård. He duly pointed to the spot and Cataldi found the bottom-left corner with a precise strike to secure the points.

In the Bundesliga, Linton Maina’s first-half goal gave Cologne a 1–0 win over Wolfsburg.