Monaco hold Marseille in six-goal thriller, Caen win
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Georges-Kevin Nkoudou struck a late equaliser for Marseille in a pulsating 3-3 draw at home to Monaco, as the hosts' struggles at the Stade Velodrome continued on Sunday. Marseille, who have not won at home in France's Ligue 1 since mid-September, went in front early through Romain Alessandrini but Almamy Toure equalised shortly after before scoring again just prior to half-time.
Michy Batshuayi, scorer of Marseille's late winner in Thursday's 2-1 UEFA Europa League victory over Groningen, was again on target as he levelled six minutes after the restart. Fabio Coentrao then put Monaco 3-2 ahead but Nkoudou rescued a point for Marseille eight minutes from time. The result left Monaco in seventh on 24 points while Marseille, whose winless home run was extended to five matches, climbed one spot to 11th, five points further back.
Earlier, Caen climbed to second after thrashing Bordeaux 4-1. Syam Ben Youssef gave the visitors an early lead before Damien Da Silva struck twice in the second half with Andy Delort adding a fourth as Enzo Crivelli grabbed a late consolation.
Saint-Etienne bounced back from successive defeats with a 3-0 victory at home to Guingamp courtesy of second-half goals from Romain Hamouma, Valentin Eysseric and Nolan Roux.