Marseille survive a seven-goal thriller against Le Havre

Marseille beat Le Havre 3-4 on Ligue 1 matchday 8 after leading 4-0, and the scoreline barely tells the full story of how the game swung. Conrad Jaden Egan-Riley opened the scoring in the 5th minute from an Emerson Palmieri cross, then Timothy Weah, Igor Paixão and Himad Abdelli added to what looked like a runaway win.

Marseille's attack did enough to win

The attacking side of the performance was strong enough to cover for a lot. Marseille scored four goals, and the spread of scorers mattered because it was not one player rescuing them, it was several different attacks arriving at the right moments.

Paixão now has two Ligue 1 goals this season, while Abdelli has three. Emerson Palmieri's third league assist of the season also stood out, because his delivery from the left gave Marseille an early grip on the match.

The late collapse changed the mood

Le Havre never stopped pushing once the game opened up. Josh Maja scored from the penalty spot in the 77th minute, Sota Nakamura struck in the 86th minute, and the video-assistant review at 90th +9 minute cancelled a penalty after Kaito Mizuta was blocked in the Marseille box by Tochukwu Nnadi.

That sequence mattered less for the result than for the warning it gave Marseille. A team that led 4-0 should not end up spending the final minutes on the back foot, even if the final score still brought three points.

Marseille moved up to 10th place after the win, and the bigger takeaway is plain enough: the attack is producing goals, but the control still needs work when games start to tilt. The next league match will show whether they can keep the same edge without the panic.