Danilo's late header helped unbeaten Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint Germain beat a lively Lorient side 2-1 at Stade du Moustoir Sunday, after Terem Moffi's brilliant second-half goal had cancelled out Neymar's early opener for the visitor.
PSG, without Lionel Messi due to an Achilles injury, took the lead in the ninth minute when Neymar seized on a poor clearance from Yvon Mvogo before taking the ball around the goalkeeper and slotting home his 11th league goal of the season.
Mvogo was replaced by Vito Mannone after being injured in the build-up and the hosts had the substitute goalkeeper to thank for keeping the deficit in check after he thwarted attempts from Kylian Mbappe, Sergio Ramos and Hugo Ekiteke.
At the other end, Moffi sliced his shot wide of the near post after a quick counter-attack as Lorient pushed for an equalizer before the break but it struggled in the final third.
Lorient's top-scorer Moffi made amends nine minutes into the second half after being set up by Enzo Le Fee's through ball, rifling his shot over PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma for his ninth league goal of the season.
Moffi was inches away from putting Lorient ahead but his shot struck the crossbar and the host weathered an intense period of pressure from PSG before Danilo powered his header from Neymar's corner past Mannone in the 81st minute.
PSG, with 38 points from 14 games, restored its five-point cushion over second-placed Lens while Lorient remained fourth, level on 27 points with Rennes before its Brittany rival travels to Lille later Sunday.
RESULTS
Lorient 1 (Moffi 53) PSG 2 (Neymar 9, Pereira 81)
Clermont 1 (Andric 61) Montpellier 1 (Savanier 9-P)
Nice 1 (Laborde 53) Brest 0
Reims 1 (Balogun 82-P) Nantes 0
Toulouse 0 Monaco 2 (Golovin 45, Embolo 59)
Lille 1 (Fonte 16) Rennes 1 (Bourigeaud 58-P)
Saturday
Ajaccio 4 (Belaili 33-P, 40-P, El Idrissy 34, Nouri 45+3) Strasbourg 2 (Bellegarde 6, Gameiro 17)
Angers 1 (Blazic 86) Lens 2 (Said 20, Medina 50)
Friday
Troyes 1 (Lopes 27) Auxerre 1 (Perrin 85)