Marseille Clinches Crucial Victory Over Monaco with Late Penalty
A last-minute penalty, awarded for a handball spotted by VAR and converted by Mason Greenwood, sealed a comeback for Olympique Marseille against Monaco, catapulting them to second place in the French league standings, still seven points behind leaders Paris Saint-Germain (2-1).
As the match at the Velodrome seemed destined for a draw between the second and third-placed teams, the penalty clinched the victory for the Marseille side, who had earlier overturned a 0-1 deficit from Aleksandr Golovin's 41st-minute goal.
The equalizer came at the 53rd minute, following a defensive error by Monaco, which Luis Henrique capitalized on to level the scores.