Njie scores twice as Marseille ends losing run
Clinton Njie scored two goals in three minutes as Marseille won its first league match in a month, 2-0 at promoted Amiens on Sunday.
After conceding nine goals in back to back defeats against Monaco and Rennes, Marseille needed a good result on the road to calm its fans, who asked for coach Rudi Garcia's dismissal.
Njie, who picked up an injury during the warmup last weekend and could not play against Rennes, made a successful return. He started up front with Dimitri Payet and opened the scoring just after the interval from close range.
Three minutes later, he combined well with Florian Thauvin in the Amiens box and completed his brace with a clean finish.
Marseille moved to within five points of leader Paris Saint-Germain to extend its perfect start to the season to six matches.
In-form Mario Balotelli smashed home his fourth goal in three games to earn Nice a 1-0 success at Rennes in Ligue 1.
Balotelli, who struck twice against Monaco last weekend and also scored in the midweek Europa League win at ZulteWaregem, found the top right corner from a tight angle after racing onto Alassane Plea's pass with 10 minutes remaining.
Metz picked up their first points of the season with a 1-0 victory which ended Angers' unbeaten start. Forward Nolan Roux claimed the only goal at Stade Raymond Kopa, stooping to head Mathieu Dossevi's cross down into the ground and into the top right corner in the 55th minute. Ligue 1
Yesterday Amiens-Marseille ............................. 0-2 Angers-Metz .................................... 0-1 Rennes-Nice ..................................... 0-1 Paris SG-Lyon ................................... 2-0 Paris SG Monaco St Etienne Bordeaux Lyon Marseille Nantes Nice Caen Guingamp Angers Montpellier Toulouse Amiens Rennes Troyes Lille Dijon Strasbourg Metz P W D 6 6 0 6 5 0 6 4 1 6 3 3 6 3 2 6 3 1 6 3 1 6 3 0 6 3 0 6 3 0 6 1 4 6 2 1 6 2 1 6 2 0 6 1 2 6 1 2 6 1 2 6 1 1 6 1 1 6 1 0 L F A Pts 021 3 18 1 17 8 15 1 7 4 13 0 10 6 12 1 11 7 11 2 910 10 2 3 4 10 3 8 6 9 3 5 4 9 3 7 8 9 1 7 6 7 3 4 5 7 3 8 12 7 4 4 9 6 3 9 10 5 3 4 6 5 3 4 7 5 4 6 13 4 4 4 11 4 5 3 12 3
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