Lloris error hands Sweden last-gasp 2-1 win over France

Soccer Football - Sweden v France - FIFA World Cup Qualifier, Group A - Friends Arena - Stockholm, Sweden - 09/06/17 Sweden's Jimmy Durmaz (L) celebrates scoring with teammate Ludwig Augustinsson. Marcus Ericsson/TT News Agency/via REUTERS

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - An error by France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris handed Sweden's Ola Toivonen a last-gasp goal to secure a 2-1 win in their World Cup Group A qualifier at the Friends Arena on Friday.

Lloris's poor clearance fell straight to the midfielder who lobbed the keeper from inside his own half to steal the points and delight the home fans and their celebrating players.

Soccer Football - Sweden v France - FIFA World Cup Qualifier, Group A - Friends Arena - Stockholm, Sweden - 09/06/17 France's goalkeeper Hugo Lloris reacts after Sweden scored 2-1. Marcus Ericsson/TT News Agency/via REUTERS

France had led through a superb left-foot strike by forward Olivier Giroud after 37 minutes but that was cancelled out by a precise low finish from Sweden's Jimmy Durmaz in the 43rd.

The win put Sweden top of the group, level on 13 points with France and three ahead of the Netherlands, who beat visiting Luxembourg 5-0 on Friday.

The Swedes, who had lost 2-1 when the sides met in Paris in November, spent the opening half-hour frustrating the visitors, getting stuck in to challenges and slowing the tempo, but that all changed when Giroud scored and the game burst into life.

Soccer Football - Sweden v France - FIFA World Cup Qualifier, Group A - Friends Arena - Stockholm, Sweden - 09/06/17 Sweden's Ola Toivonen (C) celebrates with teammates Victor Nilsson Lindelof (L) and Mikael Lustig after scoring the winning goal. Marcus Ericsson/TT News Agency/via REUTERS

France forward Antoine Griezmann twice headed straight at Robin Olsen in the second half but went closer with a free kick from distance that the goalkeeper scrambled to parry as the beaten Euro 2016 finalists upped the tempo.

Minutes later Lloris was tipping a free kick from Emil Forsberg over the bar and Sweeden's Jakob Johansson also had a thumping shot from distance that flew just wide of the target.

France brought on teenage striker Kylian Mbappe late on but it was Swedish substitute Sebastian Larsson who pressured Lloris into making the bad clearance that gave Toivonen the chance to win the game for the home side, and he took it gleefully.

Soccer Football - Sweden v France - FIFA World Cup Qualifier, Group A - Friends Arena - Stockholm, Sweden - 09/06/17 France's Paul Pogba (L) fights for the ball with Sweden's Albin Ekdal. Marcus Ericsson/TT News Agency/via REUTERS

(Reporting by Philip O'Connor; Editing by Ken Ferris)

Soccer Football - Sweden v France - FIFA World Cup Qualifier, Group A - Friends Arena - Stockholm, Sweden - 09/06/17 France's Paul Pogba in action. Marcus Ericsson/TT News Agency/via REUTERS

Soccer Football - Sweden v France - FIFA World Cup Qualifier, Group A - Friends Arena - Stockholm, Sweden - 09/06/17 French soccer fans with flags. Marcus Ericsson/TT News Agency/via REUTERS

Soccer Football - Sweden v France - FIFA World Cup Qualifier, Group A - Friends Arena - Stockholm, Sweden - 09/06/17 - Sweden's Emil Forsberg is chased by France's Laurent Koscielny. TT News Agency/Janerik Henriksson/via REUTERS

Soccer Football - Sweden v France - FIFA World Cup Qualifier, Group A - Friends Arena - Stockholm, Sweden - 09/06/17 - Sweden's Marcus Berg heads the ball past France's Paul Pogba and Laurent Koscielny as France's Antoine Griezmann looks on. TT News Agency/Janerik Henriksson/via REUTERS

Soccer Football - Sweden v France - FIFA World Cup Qualifier, Group A - Friends Arena - Stockholm, Sweden - 09/06/17 - France's Olivier Giroud celebrates scoring the opening goal. TT News Agency/Janerik Henriksson/via REUTERS

Soccer Football - Sweden v France - FIFA World Cup Qualifier, Group A - Friends Arena - Stockholm, Sweden - 09/06/17 - France's Dimitri Payet vies with Sweden's Jimmy Durmaz. TT News Agency/Janerik Henriksson/via REUTERS

Soccer Football - Sweden v France - FIFA World Cup Qualifier, Group A - Friends Arena - Stockholm, Sweden - 09/06/17 - Sweden's Jimmy Durmaz celebrates scoring with teammate Jakob Johansson as France's Antoine Griezmann looks on. TT News Agency/Janerik Henriksson/via REUTERS

Soccer Football - Sweden v France - FIFA World Cup Qualifier, Group A - Friends Arena - Stockholm, Sweden - 09/06/17 - Sweden's Marcus Berg vies with France's Benjamin Mendy. TT News Agency/Marcus Ericsson/via REUTERS

Soccer Football - Sweden v France - FIFA World Cup Qualifier, Group A - Friends Arena - Stockholm, Sweden - 09/06/17 - France Benjamin Mendy and Sweden's Mikael Lustig in action. TT News Agency/Janerik Henriksson/via REUTERS

Soccer Football - Sweden v France - FIFA World Cup Qualifier, Group A - Friends Arena - Stockholm, Sweden - 09/06/17 - Sweden's Emil Forsberg shoots past France's Moussa Sissoko. TT News Agency/Marcus Ericsson/via REUTERS