Marseille beats Angers 3-0 to top of Ligue 1

Marseille cruised to the pinnacle of Ligue 1 on Friday as it opened the weekend fixtures by using prevailing 3-0 at Angers to leapfrog Paris Saint-Germain.

Left wing back Jonathan Clauss scored once and set up the different two goals as Marseille moved a point in advance of PSG, which hosts struggling Nice on Saturday.

The home team dominated the opening 35 minutes, penning a sloppy and slow Marseille team back.

But the host ought to no longer take its chances. Nabil Bentaleb was once closest when he hammered a shot in opposition to the near post.

At the different end, Luis Suarez got here nearer to hitting the corner flag than the goal with a sliced shot.

Angers paid the charge for losing opportunities.

Seconds after Adrien Hunou scuffed a shot vast of the Marseille goal from shut range, Clauss gave the visitor the lead.

Marseille moved the ball rapidly into midfield, and Suarez determined Clauss surging into space up the left.

The wing-back raced towards the box, then skipped backyard a couple of defenders earlier than drilling a left-foot shot off the put up and previous goalkeeper Yahia Fofana.

Before 1/2 time Suarez, unmarked in the front of goal, headed wide.

Suarez located the goal after 50 minutes. Clauss intercepted a sloppy clearance on the midway line and charged into the penalty area.

This time he squared to Suarez. The Colombian managed the ball and smashed it home.

Clauss set up any other aim after fifty nine minutes, choosing out Gerson at the a ways post, who positioned his shot previous Fofana.

The recreation then reverted to its previously sample with Angers developing and losing probabilities earlier than Marseille ended the in shape rolling the ball round at taking walks pace.

Marseille was once weakened via bans. Coach Igor Tudor was once banished from the sidelines for gathering yellow cards, and midfielder Nuno Tavares used to be suspended.