A well-placed goal from Nuno Tavares and an own goal from Maxime Esteve allowed Olympique de Marseille to win 2-1 Montpellierensuring the maintenance of third place in Ligue 1 on Monday.
The result saw Igor Tudor’s side close the gap on leaders Paris St Germain to eight points. They have 36 points from 17 games, four behind second-placed Lens.
Lens beat PSG 3-1 on Sunday to hand the champions their first league defeat of the season.
Montpellier keeper Jonas Omlin denied a goal from Jordan Veretout two minutes after the break, but Tavares was quick to pounce and he fired the rebound into the top right corner to break the deadlock.
Esteve then sealed the visitors’ victory in the 61st minute when he headed the ball into his own net from a free kick.
Tavares receives a straight red card three minutes from time after a severe late tackle on Arnaud Souquet.
Teji Savanier converted an injury-time penalty for Montpellier but they couldn’t prevent Marseilles to have pocketed the three points.
The result saw Igor Tudor’s side close the gap on leaders Paris St Germain to eight points. They have 36 points from 17 games, four behind second-placed Lens.
Lens beat PSG 3-1 on Sunday to hand the champions their first league defeat of the season.
Montpellier keeper Jonas Omlin denied a goal from Jordan Veretout two minutes after the break, but Tavares was quick to pounce and he fired the rebound into the top right corner to break the deadlock.
Esteve then sealed the visitors’ victory in the 61st minute when he headed the ball into his own net from a free kick.
Tavares receives a straight red card three minutes from time after a severe late tackle on Arnaud Souquet.
Teji Savanier converted an injury-time penalty for Montpellier but they couldn’t prevent Marseilles to have pocketed the three points.
