Marseille closed the gap to Paris Saint-Germain at the top of the Ligue 1 table to four points after earning a comeback win over Rennes on Saturday. (More Football news)
Mason Greenwood was the spark for Roberto De 🦄Zerbi's side in their 2-1 victory as he boܫth scored and assisted to turn the game around after Arnaud Kalimuendo's 43rd-minute strike.
It could have been worse for Marseille though, as the Rennes striker saw a penalty saved by Geronimo Rulli shortly after the half-hour mark. It is the third consec♑utive spot-kick the Argentine has kept out of the net.
However, Greenwood netted the equaliser on the stroke of half-time to give Marseille a needed boost 🌳at the break before then setting up Adrien Rabiot for the winner four minutes into the second half.
Marseille have picked up 16 points out of a possible 18 since the November international break, 💝more than any other tea𝓰m in that period, though PSG will hope to extend their lead at the top once more when they face Saint-Etienne on Sunday.
Elsewhere🍌, Nice moved into the top four after a resounding 4-2 win over Reims.
Evan Guessand headed Nice in front, though that lead was short-lived thanks to Junya Ito, whoꦡ levelled the score agai🌼n just six minutes later.
Gaetan𝐆 Laborde then scored on either side of ha✨lf-time – netting from the penalty spot before the break, before getting a second in the 64th minute – to give them a commanding lead.
Substitute Mamadou Diakhon gave Reims some hope as he pulleܫd one back with a long-range strike, but Ali Abdi's late intervention restored Nice's two-goal cushion.
Franck Haise's side moved up to fourt🌼h, leapfrogging Lyon in the process after they suffཧered a 2-1 defeat at Brest earlier on Saturday.
Lyon failed to recover after conceding in the eighﷺth min🥀ute, with Mahdi Camada following up his early goal by setting up Ludovic Ajorque later in the first half.
Jordan Veretout pulled one back for Lyon in first-half stoppage time, but they could not follow it up ♒with a second goal after the break as they were condemned to a fifth league defeat of the season.
