Final Up to date: February 12, 2023, 08:06 IST
Ligue 1: Marseille ‘ Alexis Sanches vs Clermont (Twitter)
Alexis Sanches scored as Marseille beat Clermont 2-0 after incidents outdoors the stadium prompted safety forces to make use of tear fuel
A double from veteran Alexis Sanchez earned Olympique de Marseille a 2-0 Ligue 1 win at Clermont on Saturday in a match delayed after police fired teargas at combating supporters which swept throughout the Gabriel Montpied Stadium.
The victory moved Marseille again as much as second place on 49 factors, two greater than Monaco who had overwhelmed leaders Paris St Germain, who’ve 54, 3-1 earlier on Saturday. Clermont remained eleventh with 30 factors.
Kickoff was delayed by an hour after police fired teargas in an effort to separate combating supporters, inflicting the groups to depart the sector throughout the pre-match warmup because the fuel blew throughout the pitch and into the stands, impacting supporters too.
Gamers stayed contained in the dressing rooms whereas supporters have been pictured overlaying their faces because the tear fuel drifted throughout the Stade Gabriel-Montpied.
The native authority advised AFP round 100 ticketless followers tried to power their manner into the venue and have been pushed again by the safety forces, earlier than vandalising fencing to enter the automobile park for guests.
The match finally began after the fuel cloud lifted and gamers got time to warm-up once more.
Clermont’s Grejohn Kyei netted after 23 minutes however was discovered to be offside after a VAR examine earlier than an identical intervention noticed Marseille awarded a penalty on the stroke of halftime.
One other assessment discovered Muhammed Cham had blocked Ruslan Malinovskyi’s free kick together with his arm and Sanchez stepped as much as rating from the spot.
The 34-year-old Chile worldwide added a second 9 minutes from time as he adopted up on his personal header that had been tipped onto the crossbar by a diving save from Clermont keeper Mory Diaw. Sanchez was quickest to react to the rebound and his followup effort crept over the road.
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