PARIS, September 27, 2014 (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain were held to a 1-1 draw at Toulouse in Ligue 1 on Saturday, once again failing to convince as a Champions League clash with Barcelona looms on the horizon.

Laurent Blanc’s reigning champions remain unbeaten this season, but they had to come from behind to claim a fourth draw in their last five matches in all competitions, Jean-Christophe Bahebeck cancelling out Wissam Ben Yedder’s opener.

The result ended PSG’s run of 10 successive wins over Toulouse and left them two points adrift of Ligue 1 leaders Marseille, who could increase that advantage if they record a sixth consecutive win when they host Saint-Etienne on Sunday evening.

Paris were again without Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who sat out a second game in a row with a nagging heel injury, and Blanc made half a dozen changes to the team that had won 2-0 at Caen in midweek.

One of those changes saw Serge Aurier return to the starting line-up against the club he left on loan in the summer, and the Ivorian defender was at fault as the hosts took the lead with just eight minutes played.

When he was short with a pass back towards Salvatore Sirigu, the lively Ben Yedder pounced in between the goalkeeper and David Luiz before converting from a tight angle.

It was the little striker’s ninth goal in his last 11 Ligue 1 games, and Toulouse should have gone on to increase their lead soon after. However, Aleksandar Pesic somehow contrived to miss with the goal gaping after Sirigu had beaten out a Pavle Ninkov shot.

PSG recovered to draw level just after the half-hour mark when Marco Verratti found Bahebeck with a quickly-taken free-kick over the home defence, and the forward slotted past Zacharie Boucher to score his first Ligue 1 goal for the club.

However, the visitors rarely really looked like winning the game and the performance raises further doubts as to their prospects in Europe before Barcelona come to the Parc des Princes on Tuesday.

“Had we won, we might have been more confident,” admitted Blanc. “We have had a difficult start to the season. Last season, with the same team, we dominated the league but we are no longer winning matches so easily.”

“We started badly. I don’t know if it was the kick-off time or the heat,” captain for the day Blaise Matuidi told Canal Plus, adding that the decision to play in a 4-4-2 system was not responsible for his side’s latest slip.

“There was no problem. It was a new system, and when we don’t get a result the media try to find problems, but there were none. We must congratulate our opponents (but) we need to raise our game.”

– Monaco suffer derby defeat –

Earlier, France’s other Champions League group stage representative Monaco suffered a fourth loss in just eight league games this season.

The principality club, who had won their last three games in all competitions, were beaten 1-0 at home by Nice in the Cote d’Azur derby, with Brazilian midfielder Carlos Eduardo scoring the only goal from an early free-kick.

Leonardo Jardim’s side, who go to Russia to play Zenit St Petersburg in midweek, continue to languish in the bottom half of the table.

The Portuguese coach hinted that the unusual atmosphere at the Stade Louis II did not help his side.

“It is the first time I have seen a derby where the stadium was not full. In Greece or Portugal it is different,” said the former Olympiakos and Sporting coach. “I am sad about the result.”

There are four games later on Saturday, including Lille at home to SC Bastia, while Bordeaux host Rennes and in-form Lyon go to Nantes on Sunday.