Marseille stayed second in Ligue 1 as Amine Gouiri and Mason Greenwood scored in a 2-0 home victory over Nantes on Sunday.
Nice posted their fourth straight league win with a 3-1 success at Saint-Etienne on Saturday to move level on points with Marseille, but Roberto De Zerbi’s men responded with a fourth win in five outings.
They sit 13 points behind runaway leaders Paris Saint-Germain but remain in a strong position to qualify for next season’s Champions League.
“We deserved the victory. We had a lot of chances, even if it wasn’t our best match at the Velodrome,” Marseille coach De Zerbi said.
OM did finally break the deadlock in the 73rd minute, as Greenwood played in Valentin Rongier who teed up Gouiri to tap into an empty net and make it three goals and as many assists in five league games since signing from Rennes.
Greenwood secured the three points a few minutes later, curling in his 15th Ligue 1 goal of the campaign after bundling his way past two challenges.
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