Toulouse secured their first Ligue 1 victory of the season after defeating Le Havre 3-2 at the Stadium de Toulouse on Saturday.
Casper Tengstedt was the star of the contest, scoring twice in the space of three minutes to give the hosts a commanding advantage early in the second half.
Tengstedt opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 49th minute after Thomas Jørgensen was brought down by Ahmed Touba.
Two minutes later, the forward doubled Toulouse’s lead with a glancing header from Jørgensen’s delivery.
Le Havre reduced the deficit in the 71st minute when Josh Maja finished from close range following Sota Nakamura’s cross.
Toulouse restored their two-goal cushion eight minutes later, with Jørgensen calmly converting Cristian Casseres’ pass to make it 3-1.
Mbwana Samatta pulled another goal back for Le Havre in the 88th minute, setting up a tense finale.
Toulouse goalkeeper Guillaume Restes then made a low save from Nakamura in stoppage time to preserve the hosts’ lead.
The victory lifted Toulouse from 17th to 12th in the Ligue 1 table, while Le Havre will look to respond when they travel to LOSC.
Toulouse’s next league fixture is away to Monaco.
