Mason Greenwood scored a late winner as Marseille regained third place in Ligue 1 with a slim 1-0 victory over Monaco on Sunday.
The previous Manchester United ahead settled a good encounter when he netted his 14th purpose of the season — his eleventh in Ligue 1 — with eight minutes remaining on the Stade Velodrome.
It got here simply moments after Folarin Balogun thought he had given Monaco the lead, however his effort was dominated out by VAR for offside.
Greenwood buried a primary time shot from simply inside the world after being slipped in by Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.
He was booked for taking his shirt off within the celebrations that adopted, however Marseille held on for a consequence that stored them inside 5 factors of leaders Lens.
Marseille might really feel victory was deserved on the steadiness of play, however Monaco matched them when it got here to alternatives.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Timothy Weah compelled early saves from Monaco goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky, however Aleksandr Golovin and Takumi Minamino had probabilities on the different finish.
Greenwood twice missed the goal and Minamino had additional efforts for Monaco earlier than Igor Paixão drew a save from Hradecky.
Hradecky then saved twice from Greenwood and it appeared Marseille would pay the worth as Balogun discovered the web 10 minutes from time however the purpose was chalked off.
Greenwood, who scored two towards Union Saint-Gilloise within the Champions League on Tuesday, made no mistake together with his subsequent alternative as he fired Marseille right into a late lead.
George Ilenikhena had an opportunity to degree within the final minute for Monaco however couldn’t beat Gerónimo Rulli.
