Adrien Rabiot scored a second-half winner as Marseille beat Rennes 2-1 in Brittany on Saturday to maneuver inside 4 factors of Ligue 1 pace-setters Paris Saint-Germain. Marseille, bidding for a tenth French title however first since 2010, closed the hole on reigning champions PSG forward of the leaders’ match towards Saint-Etienne on Sunday. Roberto De Zerbi’s males have dropped simply two factors of their final six league video games. Rennes wasted a golden probability to take the lead simply after the half-hour mark when Arnaud Kalimuendo’s penalty was diverted onto the woodwork by Marseille goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli.
But Kalimuendo made no mistake 11 minutes later, gathering the ball and firing into the nook to place the hosts forward.
Marseille crucially levelled earlier than the interval, although, as Michael Murillo’s cross picked out Mason Greenwood to attain his eleventh Ligue 1 aim of the season, shifting the controversial English striker joint-top of the goalscoring charts alongside Lille’s Jonathan David.
The guests accomplished the comeback lower than 4 minutes after the restart, as Rabiot headed Greenwood’s cross previous Rennes ‘keeper Brice Samba, making his debut simply three days after signing from Lens.
Marseille thought that they had gained a penalty late on for a handball by Albert Gronbaek, just for the choice to be overturned by VAR.
But they held on for an necessary win which leaves Rennes languishing only a level above the relegation play-off spot.
Earlier, Lyon missed a chance to attract degree on factors with third-placed Monaco with a 2-1 loss at Brest.
Monaco’s draw at Nantes and Lille’s stalemate with Auxerre on Friday gave Lyon an opportunity to climb from fifth into the third and last automated Champions League spot.
But Brest, who’re within the prime eight of this season’s Champions League desk, bounced again from final weekend’s loss to Angers to maneuver six factors away from the underside three.
Mahdi Camara gave Brest an eighth-minute lead, following in to attain after Ludovic Ajorque’s shot was saved by Lyon goalkeeper Lucas Perri.
Ajorque doubled the hosts’ benefit within the twenty fifth minute together with his fifth Ligue 1 aim of the marketing campaign.
The striker burst onto Camara’s sensible flicked cross to fireplace a low strike into the underside nook.
Jordan Veretout pulled one again in first-half added time to provide Lyon hope of a comeback.
But the away facet couldn’t discover an equaliser within the second interval, with Alexandre Lacazette going closest to grabbing a degree when his header was stored out by Brest goalkeeper Marco Bizot.
Nice jumped as much as fourth, pushing Lyon all the way down to sixth, as Gaetan Laborde scored twice in a 4-2 away victory over Reims.
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