Marseille pick up fourth straight league win, return to Ligue 1 summit
PARIS --
Marseille striker Andre-Pierre Gignac continued his excellent form as he notched a brace in a 3-0 win over Rennes that provisionally lifted his club top of the French league on Saturday.
Gignac, now the league's top scorer with six goals ahead of Paris Saint-Germain's Zlatan Ibrahimovic, opened with a spectacular scissors-kick in the 50th minute before doubling his team's lead with a well-taken shot from the edge of the box which went past Rennes keeper Benoit Costil in the 63rd.
Substitute Romain Alessandrini sealed Marseille's win in added time with a superb free kick.
Marseille's fourth straight league win puts the club on 13 points from six games, level with Bordeaux but with a better goal difference.
Third-placed Lille can overtake Marseille with a win against Montpellier on Sunday.
