Amine Harit’s injury which will keep him out of the World Cup overshadows Marseille’s thriller win in Monaco

Olympique de Marseille came from behind to earn a dramatic win against AS Monaco in the final Ligue 1 match before the FIFA World Cup, taking fourth place going into the break.A tight match was expected, as the two teams entered it level on points while having three wins each and a draw from the last seven mutual encounters. Jonathan Clauss looked the most likely to be the early difference maker due to his crossing quality, although Nuno Tavares and Mattéo Guendouzi both failed to hit the target when latching onto the wing-back’s deliveries. Marseille’s frustrations in front of the goal continued as Amine Harit skewed an attempt horribly wide before Samuel Gigot cleared the crossbar from a golden opportunity.Five goals scored, five points clear: PSG’s perfect high-five ahead of the World Cup breakMonaco had openings of their own but also lacked a clinical edge, with Kevin Volland’s strike on the half-hour mark being routinely saved by Pau López’s feet. Alexis Sánchez finally brought the finesse the game had been crying out for in the 35th minute, luring Benoît Badiashile into fouling him before picking himself up and curling an unstoppable free-kick into the top corner. When Krépin Diatta won a penalty from Leonardo Balerdi in the final moments before halftime, Wissam Ben Yedder audaciously produced a Panenka to restore parity.Buoyed by their equaliser, the hosts had a strong start in the period that was helped by Disasi roaming further forward from right-back, and his shot tested López. However, his unfortunate coming together with Harit resulted in the Marseille man being stretchered off having been due to travel to Qatar with Morocco. Les Olympiens looked subdued for some time after that incident while Monaco looked to edge ahead and Aleksandr Golovin slipped through Volland, allowing the striker to take the ball into his stride and calmly finish.The game grew heated as it entered the final stages but Jordan Veretout kept his cool to end a 63-game goalless run and fire in Marseille’s 84th-minute equaliser. After winning a free-kick in the final seconds, Dimitri Payet put in a superb delivery that Sead Kolašinac rose to get the finest of touches on and beat Alexander Nübel, earning back-to-back wins for Marseille. Meanwhile, Monaco’s four-game unbeaten run in all competitions came to a dramatic end.LIGUE 1 – ROUND 15FridayOlympique Lyon – Nice 1-1 (0-1)/Lacazette 89 pen – Pepe 38 pen/SaturdayLens – Clermont 2-1 (0-1)/Said 60, Fofana 68 – Samed 39 og/Rennes – Toulouse 2-1 (1-0)/Bourigeaud 25, Kalimuendo 58 – Dallinga 55/SundayPSG – Auxerre 5-0 (1-0)/Mbappe 11, Soler 51, Hakimi 57, Sanches 81, Ekitike 84/Brest – Troyes 2-1 (0-0)/Del Castillo 55, Mounie 77 – Chardonnet 60 og/Lille – Angers 1-0 (1-0)/Djalo 36/Montpellier – Reims 1-1 (0-0)/Delaye 90+1 – Munetsi 87/Nantes – AC Ajaccio 2-2 (0-0)/Blas 70, Simon 89 – Belaili 57 pen, Hamouma 66/Strasbourg – Lorient 1-1 (0-1)/Diallo 87 – Moffi 5/Monaco – Marseille 2-3 (1-1)/Ben Yedder 45 pen, Volland 72 – Sanchez 35, Veretout 83, Kolasinac 90+7/©FlashScore

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