Lens takes the lead in Ligue 1, Espanyol loses at home

Lens has moved, at least temporarily, to the top of League 1 with a 1-0 victory against Le Havre.

Ruben Aguilar's volley in first-half stoppage time proved enough for Lens to take a one-point lead. Paris Saint-Germainwho faces a tricky trip to Strasbourg on Sunday.

Adrien Thomasson appeared to have doubled Lens' lead in the 66th minute, but saw his goal scored by VAR for a handball in the build-up.

But Le Havre rarely looked like finding an equalizer, with defeat leaving them fourth, six points ahead of Nantes in the relegation play-off.

Espanyol 1-2 Alavés

In LeagueEspanyol's Champions League aspirations suffered a setback as they were surprisingly beaten at home by Alaves.

Alaves started the match just a point above the relegation zone but now find themselves in the top half after an impressive fightback.

Robert Fernandez Jaen put Espanyol ahead in the 15th minute, but Antonio Blanco equalized 12 minutes later when he found the bottom left corner with a superb effort from the edge of the box.

Alaves completed the turnaround when Toni Martinez took advantage of poor defending to latch onto a long ball forward and pull the ball back from the straight for Lucas Boye to score the decisive goal.

Espanyol remain fifth, seven points behind fourth-placed Villarreal, having played two more games. They could be beaten by Real Betis and Celta Vigo, who face Valencia and Getafe on Sunday.

Lazio wins the thriller, Cologne wins

In Serie A, Lazio prevailed in a thrilling match against Genoa, with Danilo Cataldi's 100th-minute penalty securing a 3-2 victory at the Stadio Olimpico.

A Pedro penalty and Kenneth Taylor's opening goal for Lazio gave them a 2-0 lead. However, he was wiped out by Ruslan Malinovskyi's spot-kick and a close-range effort from Vitinha, who pounced after Lazio failed to clear a corner.

But there was a final twist in the story in the 95th minute when the referee was called to the pitchside monitor to examine a possible handball against Leo Ostigard. 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.