Marseille beat Le Havre 4-3
Marseille beat Le Havre 4-3 in Ligue 1, holding on after a four-goal lead was cut to one in the final quarter of an hour.
Marseille beat Le Havre 4-3 in Ligue 1, holding on after a four-goal lead was cut to one in the final quarter of an hour.
CJ Egan-Riley opened the scoring in the 5th minute, finishing a pass from Emerson, and Timothy Weah made it 2-0 in the 33rd minute, assisted by Igor Paixão. Marseille led 2-0 at half-time. Paixão then scored in the 50th minute from Amine Gouiri's assist, and Himad Abdelli added the fourth in the 55th minute to make it 4-0.
Le Havre responded late. Josh Maja scored in the 77th minute and Mouhamed Lamine Ndiaye followed in the 86th. In the 89th minute Maja scored his second from a Le Havre free kick, delivered by Sota Nakamura according to Foot Mercato, after Egan-Riley lost the aerial duel, cutting it to 4-3.
Seven minutes of added time were shown. At 90+9, Kaito Mizuta's shot in the Marseille area was blocked by Tochukwu Nnadi near his arm. After a VAR review, referee Clément Turpin gave no penalty, and Marseille kept the win.
The result took Marseille up to eighth in Ligue 1 on 12 points, four points behind the new leader, Rennes. Abdelli has now scored 3 goals in Ligue 1 this season. Le Havre, who had not won any of their first seven Ligue 1 games before kick-off, remain 18th on 2 points.
Line-ups
Marseille 4-2-3-1
Substitutes Geoffrey Kondogbia, Neal Maupay, Keyliane Abdallah, Ulisses Garcia, Kelyann Bezahaf, Angel Gomes, Bamo Meïté, Nouhoum Kamissoko, Théo Vermot
Le Havre 4-3-3
Substitutes Josh Maja, Hakim Dongopandji, Guy Zohouri, Daren Mosengo, Mouhamed N'Diaye, Vincent Sasso, Sota Nakamura, Arnaud Bodart, Kaito Mizuta
