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Mason Greenwood makes it seven goals from 10 matches in Ligue 1 with brilliant winner in Marseille's 2-1 win over Nantes Marseille beat Nantes to close the gap to leaders PSG to seven points Neal Maupay opened the scoring before Mason Greenwood netted the winner LISTEN NOW: It's All Kicking Off! , available wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every Monday and Thursday By Ap Published: 23:49, 3 November 2024 | Updated: 00:04, 4 November 2024 e-mail View comments Former Premier League players made their presence felt in Nantes on Sunday night as Neal Maupay and Mason Greenwood scored to guide Marseille to a 2-1 win at their rivals. Maupay signed from Everton on a season-long loan deal this summer alongside Greenwood, the former Manchester United forward.
Marseille bounced back from a 3-0 defeat to leaders Paris Saint-Germain last weekend to move up to second place in the standings, six points behind. English forward Jonathan Rowe delivered the cross at the far post that Maupay latched onto for Marseille's opening goal in the 24th minute. Greenwood, who delivered a below-par performance against PSG, scored the winner just after the hour mark following Tino Kadewere's first-half equalizer.
Set up by Luis Henrique outside the box, Greenwood dummied a defender and then fired a low shot past goalkeeper Alban Lafont. Mason Greenwood scored as Marseille beat Nantes to move up to second in Ligue 1 It was Greenwood's seventh goal in 10 league matches since joining Marseille. 'It has been a difficult week, we suffered after the loss against Paris,' said coach Roberto De Zerbi , who left Brighton after two seasons in charge to join Marseille.
'And this response was very important.' Earlier, Zakaria Aboukhlal's late goal gave Toulouse a 1-0 win against Reims, extending the southern team's unbeaten streak to three matches. Reims had the chance to move into the top five but Aboukhlal ́s goal instead sealed a third straight loss for the Champagne side.
Aboukhlal scored in the 84th minute with a subtle poked ball over the Reims goalkeeper. Toulouse moved up to 12th in the standings with 12 points from 10 matches, two points behind Reims. Aboukhlal was again decisive after scoring a brace last week against Montpellier.
He has scored four goals in his last four league matches. Neal Maupay also got himself on the scoresheet as the visitors picked up a big three points 7 - Mason Greenwood has scored seven goals in 10 Ligue 1 games, only Mario Balotelli has reached this amount of goals with less top-flight encounters played with Marseille in the 21st century (7 goals in 9 games). Flash.
⚡️ #FCNOM pic.twitter.com/vfcY3IqVDn — OptaJean (@OptaJean) November 3, 2024 Greenwood joined Marseille from United in a £30million deal in July.
He had not played for the Premier League club since January 2022. He was arrested during that month on suspicion of attempted rape, assault, and coercive behaviour. All charges - which Greenwood denied - were dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service in February 2023 following the 'withdrawal of key witnesses and new material coming to light'.
Despite the case against him being dropped, there was vocal opposition from some sections of the Marseille fanbase to his signing, with a group of fans launching a '#GreenwoodNotWelcome' campaign when he was initially linked with the club. Marseille's mayor Benoit Payan also opposed the move. Mason Greenwood Share or comment on this article: Mason Greenwood makes it seven goals from 10 matches in Ligue 1 with brilliant winner in Marseille's 2-1 win over Nantes e-mail Add comment.
