Ocampos brace helps Marseille stun Nice

Ten-man Marseille moved as much as third in Ligue 1 after Lucas Ocampos hit a brace in an exciting come-from-behind Four-2 win at Mediterranean rivals Good on Sunday.

Gamers joined followers in a minute's applause in reminiscence of the 2 victims of a knife assault in Marseille earlier on Sunday, after which the south coast rivals placed on a glowing present.

In an entertaining first half, Marseille hit again from two targets down to move into the break main Three-2.

Mario Balotelli opened the scoring with a close-range header from a Pierre Lees-Melou nook after simply 4 minutes whereas Jean Michael Serri doubled Good's benefit with a heavily-deflected shot from outdoors the realm.

Ocampos bagged his first quickly earlier than the half hour mark, prodding in from shut vary after Good's defence did not cope with a cross.

Allan Saint-Maximin blazed over when one-on-one with goalkeeper Steve Mandanda and Good have been made to pay.

5 minutes from the break, a sliding Lees-Melou deflected a Florian Thauvin cross previous his personal goalkeeper.

And within the closing minute of the half, Good imploded once more as captain Dante gave away the ball and goalkeeper Yoann Cardinale parried Luiz Gustavo's shot weakly into the air for Ocampos to nod over the road.

Two minutes into the second interval, extra sloppy play handed Gustavo a taking pictures alternative the Brazilian gleefully accepted to seek out the underside nook.

Halfway by means of the half, although, Gustavo was proven a straight crimson for following by means of studs up on Lees-Melou.

There was nonetheless time for Mandanda to save lots of an Alassane Plea penalty after Saint-Maximin was tripped within the field however Marseille held out.

"It's a great victory, we showed that we had character," mentioned Ocampos. "We wanted to show that the 6-1 loss to Monaco was an accident, that it wasn't fair."

Earlier, Marcelo was controversially despatched off as Lyon's winless streak prolonged to 5 matches after letting a two-goal lead slip in a Three-Three draw at Angers.

With Bruno Genesio's guests main Three-1 within the 50th minute, defender Marcelo was booked for a foul on the sting of the field.

The Brazilian then by accident knocked the yellow card out of the referee's hand with a dismissive gesture, incomes a straight crimson card simply seconds after his reserving.

'Gesture of frustration'

Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas mentioned that he hoped Marcelo's suspension could be rescinded.

"I had the video, so I asked that the referee watch it," he mentioned.

"It's not a question about trying to change this match, I was thinking about the next match against Monaco and I wanted him to see the images to show that Marcelo does not make a gesture against him, it's simply a gesture of frustration."

Lyon began rapidly as former Actual Madrid ahead Mariano Diaz scored his sixth league objective of the season within the fifth minute.

Rafael put by means of his personal internet to attract Angers degree on the half-hour mark, however targets from Mouctar Diakhaby and former Manchester United winger Memphis Depay put the away aspect in management on the break.

After Marcelo's weird dismissal, Angers roared again with targets from Karl Toko Ekambi and Ismael Traore.

World-record signing Neymar scored twice, together with from a penalty, as PSG moved three factors away from champions Monaco on the prime by thrashing Bordeaux 6-2 on Saturday.

Regardless of Radamel Falcao's 12th objective of the season, Monaco have been held 1-1 by Montpellier on Friday.

Source: AFP