Lyon 1-2 Marseille: Malo Gusto's stoppage time own goal gifts victory
Lyon 1-2 Marseille: Malo Gusto’s stoppage time own goal gifts the visitors three points in nervy Ligue 1 clash as the hosts fail to hold on after Alexandre Lacazette’s second-half equaliser
- Malo Gusto scored a stoppage time own goal to fit Marseille victory at Lyon
- The 19-year-old was brought on in the 80th minute to sure up Lyon’s defence
- Marseille climb above Lens to move into second place of the Ligue 1 standings
A last-gasp own goal by Malo Gusto earned Olympique de Marseille a 2-1 win at Olympique Lyonnais and lifted them back up to second in Ligue 1 with six games left on Sunday.
Alexandre Lacazette netted after the break to cancel out Cengiz Under’s first-half opener for Marseille, only for Gusto to deflect a poor clearance into his own net two minutes into stoppage time.
The result put OM on 67 points, eight behind leaders Paris St Germain and one ahead of third-placed RC Lens, who thrashed fourth-placed Monaco 3-0 on Saturday.
Lyon remained seventh with 50 points.
After a series of half chances for both sides in a lively start, Marseille went ahead one minute before the interval when Under slotted the ball home after Alexis Sanchez’s attempt was parried into his path by Anthony Lopes.
Marseille players celebrated at full-time as they were gifted a late victory at Lyon
Former Arsenal striker Alexandre Lacazette (white top) initially equalised for Lyon
Lyon, however, hit back in the 68th minute with Lacazette latching onto a cross from Corentin Tolisso to score his 20th league goal of the season to delight the Groupama Stadium crowd.
OM continued to threaten and went close in the 76th, only for Lopes to make a fantastic save to deny Jonathan Clauss from point-blank range.
They were eventually rewarded when Gusto got in the way of Johann Lepenant’s attempt to clear Issa Kabore’s cross, as Marseille claimed their first away win against Lyon in all competitions since 2007.
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