In third place in Ligue 1 football after Paris Saint-Germain and Lens, OM followed up its fourth consecutive victory in the league on Monday night in Montpellier (1-2).
After his card in the Velodrome against Toulouse (6-1), he got upO.MMaster of the position for a long time, imposed Montpellier (1-2), Monday evening, on behalf of the seventeenth day of the French League. Igor Tudor’s formation, third in the standings with this fourth straight win, is 4 lengths behind RC Lens, second, 8 of PSG, the leader (beaten by Sang-Aure the day before in Bullert).
Dimitri Payet and his teammates found the fault in the second half, opening the scoring as soon as they returned from the locker room thanks to Nuno Tavares, after a header from Jordan Veritot, pushed by Jonas Omlin (47). For the fifth achievement of the Portuguese season left piston. A quarter of an hour later, on a corner kick by Cengiz Under, Maxim Esteve, in a duel with Tavares, scored a goal against his camp (61).
OM lose Klaus and Tavares
Marseille, and in particular Matteo Guendouzi and Bamba Deng, who entered during the second period (Alexis Sanchez could not find the net), did not go far from the third goal, but it was without counting on the end of an inconclusive meeting.
Tavares himself was immediately disqualified after a bad gesture on Arnaud Souquet (87th) and this, while Jonathan Clauss, the other OM presser, was out injured (25th), denting a little in the close-ups. Heraultis closed the gap with a penalty kick taken by Pau Lopez and Tigi Savanier (91).
MHSC resumed successfully at Lorient (0-2), but again stalled in its recovery. Pailladins are in 14th place with 4 points, ahead of the first two relegated (Brest and Auxerre). OM L1 will appeal against Troyes, and Montpellier will go to Nice.
