Greenwood's double came after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang opened the scoring on 11 minutes, while Timothy Weah and Igor Paixao also got on the scoresheet to move Marseille above Paris Saint-Germain in the standings, with the Parisien side facing Le Havre on Sunday (AEDT).

Marseille took a deserved lead when Benjamin Pavard headed Greenwood's corner towards goal, and Aubameyang was on hand to flick the ball beyond the bodies on the line and into the back of the net.

Greenwood scored his first just after the half-hour mark, with his strike wrong-footing Yehvann Diouf in the Nice goal, but followed it up with an even better goal after the break as he dribbled through the opposition defence before firing past the goalkeeper from the edge of the box.

Aubameyang continued his impact in the second half, too, assisting both Weah and Paixao either side of Mohamed-Ali Cho's effort for the hosts as Roberto De Zerbi's side ran away with the scoreline.

Greenwood had a brilliant chance to score a third late on, dribbling into the box before looking to place the ball into the bottom-left corner, but Diouf did well to get down quickly and deny the forward, though the damage was already done.