Ligue 1 top three win, PSG stay 10 points clear

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Ligue 1 top three win, PSG stay 10 points clear

Amine Gouiri is proving to be an inspired signing by Marseille.

The livewire forward scored two superb goals and played a part in the other three as second-placed Marseille routed Saint-Etienne 5-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday. Gouiri also has three assists in the three games he’s played since joining from Rennes in the January transfer window.

Marseille’s win was spectacular but changed nothing at the top because unbeaten Paris Saint-Germain maintained their 10-point lead after scraping a 1-0 win at Toulouse.

PSG (56 points) drew away and lost at home to Toulouse last season, and this was another hard-fought contest.

Toulouse goalkeeper Guillaume Restes made a smart save from winger Bradley Barcola late in a gritty first half.

Restes went off close to halftime with an apparent leg-muscle injury and was replaced by Kjetil Haug. He was beaten in the 52nd when Fabian Ruiz hooked the ball in after Willian Pacho’s header came off the crossbar.

Earlier, Gouiri gave Marseille the lead with a fine solo effort.

He cut in from the left and curled a superb shot into the top right corner from 20 metres in the 27th minute.

Then, early into the second half, his pass led to a defender’s handball and Mason Greenwood converted the penalty for his 14th goal of the season.

Gouiri was also involved in the third, which came after he and Quentin Merlin had shots saved before the ball fell to defender Amir Murillo, who slotted it.

After Saint-Etienne lost the ball in midfield, Gouri latched onto a pass from Pierre-Emile Hoejbjerg and expertly lobbed the goalkeeper for 4-0.

Marseille’s fifth saw Gouiri pick out Amar Dedic with a curling pass and Dedic head the ball back across goal to give Rabiot a tap in.

Elsewhere, Mika Biereth scored three times as third-placed Monaco crushed Nantes 7-1 after falling behind early.

Two weeks after netting an eight-minute hat-trick at home against Auxerre, he helped himself to another treble at Stade Louis II. The London-born Danish striker has seven goals in six league games since joining from Sturm Graz in Austria.

Monaco (40) stay six points behind Marseille.

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