PARIS: Monaco missed the chance to move level on points with second-placed Marseille in Ligue 1 as they were held to a 2-2 draw at Nantes on Friday despite a second-half comeback.
Udehuter’s side are third, nine points behind leaders Paris Saint-Germain, who host Saint-Etienne on Sunday.
Monaco retained the third and final automatic Champions League spot as fourth-placed Lille were later held to a 0-0 draw by 10-man Auxerre.
“I’m not satisfied with the result. We respect Nantes but we wanted to win the match tonight,” Huyter said.
“We played very slowly in the first half, we lacked a cutting edge.”
In-form Matthies Abelin gave Nantes an early lead when he headed in his fourth goal in three games in the 12th minute after Douglas Augusto’s clever step onto Sorba Thomas’ low cross.
The hosts doubled their advantage shortly after half-time when Kelvin Emin brilliantly turned in another brilliant cross from Welshman Thomas. But Monaco wasted little time in halving the deficit, as Switzerland striker Briel Embolo fired a shot into the roof of the net.
Former Southampton centre-back Mohamed Seliso headed in his first Ligue 1 goal, equalizing for the principality club on the hour mark.
In a dramatic finale that somehow failed to produce a winner, Embolo saw a close-range effort cleared off the line and Nantes winger Moussa Simon crashed a curling shot against the post.
Lille had the chance to leapfrog Monaco in the table, but failed to make their man advantage count after Auxerre defender Paul Jolley was sent off before the hour mark.
Bruno Genesio’s best chance to break the deadlock came from the resulting penalty, but Ligue 1 top scorer Jonathan David saw his spot-kick saved by home goalkeeper Theo de Persson.