Mason Greenwood poker pushes Marseille top of Ligue 1

Mason Greenwood scored four goals as Marseille came from behind to hammer Le Havre 6-2 and storm to the top of the Ligue 1 table.

Reigning champions and league leaders going into the weekend's action, Paris Saint-Germain drew 3-3 at home to third-placed Strasbourg on Friday, offering the possibility to rivals Marseille and Lyon to take top spot but the latter lost 3-2 loss at Nice.

Marseille emphatically took first place thanks to Greenwood and now sit on 18 points, one ahead of PSG.

Yassine Kechta gave 16th-placed Le Havre a shock lead at the Velodrome on 24 minutes.

But the match swung firmly in the hosts' favour just after the half-hour mark as a penalty was awarded against Le Havre's Gautier Lloris for handball, with the defender also being sent off after a VAR review upped his punishment from a yellow to a red card.

Greenwood dispatched the resulting spot-kick in the 35th minute to level matters.

The 10 men frustrated Marseille until seven minutes after the hour when Greenwood fired them into the lead with a rifled finish from the right of the box.

That strike opened the floodgates.

The English winger grabbed his hat-trick on 72 minutes with a cute finish, before netting his fourth four minutes later as he swept a cut-back past helpless goalkeeper Mory Diaw with his right foot.

Robinio Vaz made it five for Marseille with two minutes remaining before Le Havre's Abdoulaye Toure got the pick of the bunch with a thunderous volley that flew into the top corner in the 92nd minute.

Amir Murillo netted one minute later to ensure Marseille's move to the top of the table ended on a high.