{"id":273884,"date":"2023-01-03T03:32:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T03:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/01\/03\/marseille-beat-montpellier-2-1-to-preserve-top-three-spot-football-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-01-03T03:32:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T03:32:38","slug":"marseille-beat-montpellier-2-1-to-preserve-top-three-spot-football-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/01\/03\/marseille-beat-montpellier-2-1-to-preserve-top-three-spot-football-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Marseille beat Montpellier 2-1 to preserve top-three spot | Football News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>A well-placed goal from Nuno Tavares and an own goal from <!-- -->Maxime Esteve<!-- --> handed <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/olympique-de-marseille\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_olympique-de-marseille\" frmappuse=\"1\">Olympique de Marseille<\/a> a 2-1 win over <!-- -->Montpellier<!-- -->, ensuring they maintained third place in <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ligue-1\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_ligue-1\" frmappuse=\"1\">Ligue 1<\/a> on Monday.<br \/>The result allowed Igor Tudor&#8217;s side to narrow the gap with leaders Paris St Germain to eight points. 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