PARIS: Former Argentina coach Marcelo Bielsa, who is widely tipped to take charge at Marseille, watched the struggling French giants clinch an 89th-minute winner for a 3-2 triumph at Montpellier on Friday.
The 58-year-old Bielsa, who has also coached Chile and Althletic Bilbao in Spain and is favourite to succeed the besieged Jose Anigo, took his seat at Montpellier 45 minutes before kick-off.
He then looked on as Marseille twice gave up a one-goal lead before going on to record their sixth away win of the season.
The three points kept them in sixth place in Ligue 1 on 51 points, the same as Lyon, who host leaders Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday.
They are still nine points off the final Champions League qualifying place for next season.
Andre Ayew, who scored a hat-trick in Marseille’s 3-1 home win over Ajaccio last weekend, was denied by the woodwork before Mathieu Valbuena, with a clever lob, put Marseille ahead three minutes from half-time. Montpellier, the 2012 champions who had made sure of their Ligue 1 status for next season with a 2-1 win at Guingamp last week, were level after 48 minutes.