Lyon held by eliminated Ludogorets but through to last 16
The result left the French side in sixth place with 15 points from eight games.
Corentin Tolisso opened the scoring early in the second half after benefiting from a defensive blunder before Dinis Almeida levelled with 13 minutes left.
Lyon were without a permanent coach after Pierre Sage was sacked earlier this week amid a string of poor results with Paulo Fonseca set to succeed him on Friday.
Ludogorets, who were already eliminated, put on a decent fight and could have wrapped up the win in the second half.
The visitors had keeper Sergio Padt to thank for in the opening half but Lyon avoided defeat in the dying second thanks to a superb save by Lucas Perri and were booed by their crowd as they left the pitch.
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