Olympique de Marseille struck twice in three minutes within the second half to come back from a objective down and beat AJ Auxerre 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday, tightening their maintain on second place.
Goals from Cengiz Under within the 74th minute and Alexis Sanchez within the 76th cancelled out Auxerre’s first-half lead.
Marseille is now on 70 factors, 4 forward of Lens which has a recreation in hand. They face one another subsequent week. Paris St Germain is in prime spot on 75.
The host received off to a powerful begin and Sead Kolasinac went near placing them in entrance with a glancing header within the eleventh minute however the ball flew narrowly extensive.
Vitinha, who had six pictures on objective by the twenty second minute, went shut on two events with Marseille having boxed Auxerre in their very own half.
The customer, nonetheless, surprised the house crowd when it scored in opposition to the run of play with a thundering Birama Toure volley within the thirty second minute.
Marseille left its comeback late with Under firing into the highest nook after it had missed a number of extra scoring possibilities and Sanchez finishing its fightback with a shot from a decent angle.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com