Marseille's Five-Goal Surge Closes Gap on PSG in Ligue 1

Rongier scored the first goal from long range in the 25th minute, while Nadir added a second by placing a low shot into the far corner. This marked the 21-year-old's first senior goal in only his second Ligue 1 start.

Maupay, who is on loan from Everton in a deal that will become a permanent transfer at the season's end, headed in Marseille's third goal before the interval.

Nadir, who was starting in the absence of the ill Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, did not reappear for the second half as Marseille added a fourth goal on 66 minutes when Mason Greenwood squared for substitute Wahi to tap in.

Garcia, also on from the bench, completed the scoring for the home side as De Zerbi's men scored five in a Ligue 1 game for the third time this season.

Le Havre, who are in the relegation zone, pulled one back late on when former Marseille player Andre Ayew headed in.

PSG beat Monaco 4-2 away in December, just before the winter break, in a fixture that was brought forward because the sides met in the Champions Trophy in Qatar on Sunday.

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The Parisians won that game 1-0 to claim the first trophy of the French campaign.

Elsewhere on Sunday, Champions League revelations Brest slumped to a 2-0 defeat away at Angers, a result which leaves them 12th in Ligue 1 as the season reaches its midway stage next weekend.

Toulouse were surprise 1-0 winners at Lens thanks to a Zakaria Aboukhlal penalty, while Strasbourg came from behind to beat Auxerre 3-1 in Alsace.

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Lyon, Nice and Saint-Etienne also won over the weekend.

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