Late Benezet strike earns Guingamp draw vs. Monaco; Marseille slump
Nicolas Benezet's superb 89th-minute strike denied Monacotheir second away win in a week as Guingamp claimed a 3-3 draw.
Goals from Bernardo Silva, Andrea Raggi and Nabil Dirar had seemed likely to give Leonardo Jardim's Monaco the win, although they twice lost the lead thanks to goals from Sloan Privat and Benezet.
The hosts made the perfect start when, with quarter of an hour played, Dirar's defence-splitting pass found Silva to open the scoring.
Guingamp levelled on 30 minutes when Benezet's corner was headed home by Privat, but with half-time looming Raggi gave the visitors the lead at the break.
The hosts hit back again midway through the second-half when Benezet grabbed his first, but when Dirar turned Fabinho's delivery in at the near post after 70 minutes it looked as though the principality side would leave with all three points.
But Benezet had other ideas, his shot from a tight angle catching out Daniel Subasic at his near post.
Marseille's recent unbeaten run came to an abrupt end with a shock 2-1 defeat at home to surprise package Angers.
The visitors stunned the Stade Velodrome seven minutes before the interval when Remy Cabella brought down Bouka Moutou inside the area and Thomas Mangani scored from the penalty spot.
Despite dominating,their problems increased after the break when Romain Thomas headed Billy Ketkeophomphone's free kick beyond Steve Mandanda.
Marseille had hope with 10 minutes left when Michy Batshuayi converted a penalty spot after Fode Dore fouled Lucas Ocampos, but Angers left with all three points.
Montpellier moved off the bottom of Ligue 1 after claiming their first three points of the season with a 2-1 win overLorient.
Despite being pegged back by Rafidine Abdullah's leveller just after the interval, Jonas Martin's first-time effort from Jerome Roussillon's cross was enough to give boss Rolland Courbis a boost.
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