Marseille continued to stutter on Friday as they could only draw 1-1 at home against Ligue 1 tailenders Angers.
After opening their first season under Roberto De Zerbi with four wins and a draw in the league, Marseille lost at Strasbourg last week and dropped points to winless Anger on Friday in a glum Velodrome Stadium where two stands were closed by order of the league.
“I accepted the compliments after the good results, now we have to accept the criticism,” said De Zerbi after the game.
Marseille even briefly played with a man advantage after Lilian Raolisoa was sent off in the 26th minute. But Neal Maupay picked up two yellow cards in the next three minutes and Marseille were down to ten men by the half hour.