Marseille took advantage of two comical defensive mix-ups to secure a 2-1 win at home to Lille yesterday that sent them up to third in Ligue 1 and alleviated some of the pressure on coach Andre Villas-Boas.
Morgan Sanson stroked home the opening goal on 48 minutes after Lille goalkeeper Mike Maignan spilled a cross following a hefty collision with team-mate Gabriel.
The Brazilian centre-back unwittingly gifted Marseille a second goal 11 minutes from time when Valentin Rongier’s tame shot struck Dario Benedetto before Adama Soumaoro’s attempted headed clearance struck Gabriel and looped in off the post. 
Lille captain Soumaoro rose magnificently to nod in a corner to give the visitors hope but Marseille held on to move level with second-place Nantes on 19 points.
It was just a second win in seven league outings for Marseille and the ideal tonic for a team dumped out the League Cup in midweek following a display branded “shameful” by Villas-Boas.
That 2-1 loss at Monaco followed a 4-0 humbling away to Paris Saint-Germain, a defeat which left OM winless in 16 Ligue 1 meetings with their greatest rivals.
As for Lille, Christophe Galtier’s side have not won away from home in the league since March and missed the opportunity to reduce the gap to leaders PSG.


PSG stunned by
rock-bottom Dijon
The defending champions suffered a shock 2-1 defeat at the hands of Dijon, who started the weekend at the foot of the table, on Friday with coach Thomas Tuchel accusing his expensively-assembled team of “being too passive and not playing together”.
It was the third loss of the season for PSG who could also see their lead at the top trimmed to just five points by the end of the weekend.
Kylian Mbappe put the leaders ahead in the 19th minute before Dijon struck back with goals by Mounir Chouiar and Jhonder Cadiz to get a deserved victory.
PSG have 27 points from 12 games and lead second-placed Nantes, who travel to Girondins de Bordeaux today, by eight points.
Dijon, who have 12 points, are now 18th after starting the game at the bottom of the table.
Despite starting with their formidable trio of Mbappe, Mauro Icardi and Angel Di Maria, PSG played too casually and were eventually punished for their sloppiness.
Mbappe opened the scoring when he flicked the ball past Alfred Gomis after collecting a perfect through ball from Di Maria.
Tuchel’s side, however, were caught snoozing on the stroke of halftime as Keylor Navas parried a cross into the path of Chouiar, who pounced on the ball to equalize.
Two minutes into the second half, Cadiz powered his way into the box before slotting the ball between Navas’s legs to put the hosts ahead.
Tuchel replaced midfielder Leandro Paredes with striker Edinson Cavani in the 71st but the Uruguay international did little to show that he could regain his place in the starting line-up at the expense of Icardi.
“It’s a big upset, we had a great first half and had the chance to score early in the second half,” said Dijon captain Julio Tavares. “We had to be at 200% and we were.”
PSG’s Marquinhos, wearing the skipper’s armband in the absence of the ill Thiago Silva, admitted his side lacked aggression.
“It’s football. When you’re not present physically, not aggressive enough, that’s what happens,” the Brazilian said.
“We have to bounce back right away, we have to do much better. We should not stay in our comfort zone. We win when we’re efficient, in front and at the back.
“We can’t play like we did tonight.”
PSG next host Club Brugge in a Champions League group game on Wednesday.