Managerless Marseille claim much-needed win

Troubled Marseille ended a run of seven Ligue 1 games without a win by beating Nice 3-2 in a rearranged match on Wednesday.

Marseille were missing several regulars from their starting line-up as they played a fifth game under interim coach Nasser Larguet, who has had to step up from his role as director of the club's youth academy since the firing of Andre Villas-Boas.

They had won just two of their previous 13 games altogether, slumping down into mid-table, but this victory lifts them back up to sixth, within a point of the European places.

Amid growing speculation that they could appoint former Argentina coach Jorge Sampaoli -- who is currently at Atletico Mineiro in Brazil -- as the permanent replacement for Villas-Boas, interim boss Larguet saw defender Alvaro Gonzalez put Marseille ahead on 14 minutes.

The Spaniard volleyed home from the edge of the six-yard box after Dimitri Payet's cross from the left was blocked and dropped into his path.