Greenwood penalty helps Marseille go second in Ligue 1

Mason Greenwood's late penalty has given Marseille a 2-1 home win over Monaco and lifted his team over their rivals into second place in the French league.

Greenwood placed the ball into the bottom left corner in the 89th minute for his ninth league goal of the season — level with Lille's Jonathan David and one behind Paris Saint-Germain's Bradley Barcola in the scoring charts.

Marseille moved above Monaco on goal difference, with both sides seven points behind leaders PSG.

Monaco lost 3-2 at home to Benfica in the Champions League on Wednesday after leading that game 2-1 before conceding twice in the last six minutes.

After going unbeaten in their first 11 games in all competitions this season, Adi Huetter's erratic side has had four defeats in the past seven matches — including at home to strugglers Angers and away to Nice after again taking the lead.

This time, Monaco scored first at Stade Velodrome when midfielder Aleksandr Golovin beat Geronimo Rulli in the 41st minute.

Brazilian winger Luis Henrique equalised for the home side in the 53rd with a header from forward Neal Maupay's cross.

Earlier on Sunday, Arnaud Nordin grabbed the equaliser in the fifth minute of second-half added time as rock-bottom Montpellier earned a 2-2 home draw with Lille.

Moments after Nordin's goal, a player from each side was sent off. The incident happened when Montpellier forward Tanguy Coulibaly kicked the ball against Lille coach Bruno Genesio when it had already gone out for a throw in, prompting pushing and shoving from both sides. Coulibaly and Lille defender Mitchel Bakker were red carded.

Elsewhere, veteran striker Alexandre Lacazette scored a hat-trick as Lyon beat sixth-placed Nice 4-1 to move into fifth.

The 33-year-old is in his second spell with Lyon, having spent five seasons in the Premier League with Arsenal, and now totals 190 goals for the club.

Mid-table Toulouse won 2-0 at home against Auxerre and Angers won 1-0 at Le Havre to move out of the relegation zone.