Nice suffers major blow to title challenge
Valentin Eysseric prevented Nice from losing at Toulouse, but a 1-1 draw does little for its fading Ligue 1 title hopes.
Nice's slim Ligue 1 title hopes look to have been all-but ended as Lucien Favre's men could only draw 1-1 at Toulouse.
Failing to secure a win put Nice is now three points behind second-placed Monaco, and six adrift of leader and defending champion Paris Saint-Germain.
Nice was on top for much of the first half and went close twice early on, with Mickael Le Bihan shooting over when one-on-one with Alban Lafont, before Jean Seri saw a free-kick come back off the post.
It failed to make the most of its time in the ascendancy, though, and Toulouse started the second period a much-improved force.
Unlike Nice, Toulouse did take advantage of being in charge, as Corentin Jean pounced on a loose ball in the area and fired left-footed into the bottom-right corner.
But its lead lasted less than three minutes, with Valentin Eysseric emphatically dispatching after Toulouse failed to clear a corner.
Younes Belhanda was tripped in the area by Somalia shortly after but did not get a penalty and chances were infrequent for the remainder, as Nice was resigned to dropping points.