Saint-Etienne 1-1 Lyon: Wahbi Khazri's dramatic stoppage time penalty cancels out Houssem Aouar strike

Wahbi Khazri's penalty six minutes into stoppage-time rescued struggling Saint-Etienne a draw in a lively Derby du Rhone with 10-man Lyon.

Houssem Aouar's first half strike looked set to give Peter Boaz's side all three points, but the former Sunderland forward Khazri struck from the spot to restore parity at the death.

Lucas Paqueta had the ball in the back of the home side's net with barely two minutes on the clock, only for the goal to be disallowed for offside. But that was only the start of the drama on a quite unbelievable night at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard.

Young English goalkeeper Etienne Green came to St-Etienne's rescue on several occasions, denying the livewire Aouar no fewer than three times before the 23-year-old finally broke the deadlock four minutes before half-time with a curling shot.

Xherdan Shaqiri thought he had doubled Lyon's advantage a moment later, but again St-Etienne were saved by the offside flag.

Before that, St-Etienne suffered similar fate when Khazri's celebrations were cut short by an offside call, compounding the Tunisian's pain after he headed onto the post with the goal gaping.

Chances kept coming for St-Etienne immediately after the restart but the hosts' frustrations only grew.

Denis Bouanga was repelled by the onrushing Lyon goalkeeper Anthony Lopes, moments after Khazri spurned another golden headed opportunity. However, with more than 15 minutes remaining, the onrushing Lopes was shown his marching orders for handling Bouanga's goalbound shot outside the penalty area.

His deputy Julian Pollersbeck could only watch on as Lucas Gourna-Douath struck the crossbar. But there was nothing he could have done to keep out Khazri's perfect penalty, awarded in stoppage time after Jason Denayer handled inside the box.

The draw keeps St-Etienne bottom without a win but will be a huge source of encouragement for Claude Puel. Lyon climb into 10th.

It was a game that had almost everything: disallowed goals, a melee, a red card, a penalty, and a small pitch invasion when St-Etienne levelled the scores.

That showed how much it meant to the supporters, and while the club remains without a win this season, the result will undoubtedly come as a huge relief to Puel. The former Leicester boss has been under a lot of pressure because of his side's woeful form, but his players produced the kind of battling spirit they will need to build on after the international break.

Aouar was excellent for Lyon, but the man from Colchester was equal to almost everything he and his team mates threw at him.

St-Etienne: Green 8*, Moukoudi 6, Kolodziejczak 6, Youssouf 6, Trauco 6, Camara 7, Neyou 6, Bouanga 7, Khazri 6, Nordin 6, Boudebouz 6.. subs: Gourna-Douath 6, Hamouma 6, Aouchiche N/A

Lyon: Lopes 6, Henrique 6, Diomande 7, Boateng 6, Dubois 7, Guimaraes 6, Caqueret 6, Toko Ekambi 7, Shaqiri 7, Aouar 8, Paqueta 7.. subs: Pollersbeck N/A, Denayer 5, Mendes N/A, Gusto N/A

42' - GOAL! St-Etienne 0-1 Lyon (Houssem Aouar): Green is finally beaten and Lyon have the lead! Paqueta picks out Aouar, who takes a touch to the ball out of his feet and bends a slick shot past Green as the ball nestles into the bottom corner.

74' - Red card! Lyon's goalkeeper Lopes is shown his marching orders! He rushes out of his area and clearly uses his hand to deny Bouanga's attempted lob! The referee runs over to look at the pitchside monitor before producing the red card!

90'+ 6 - GOAL! St-Etienne 1-0 Lyon (Wahbi Khazri, pen): Khazri, having missed a number of opportunities throughout the match, makes no mistake with his spot-kick, sending the goalkeeper the wrong way! It's all level!