Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice as Marseille forged a brilliant comeback in a thrilling 3-2 win over Lyon in Choc des Olympiques.

Lens' 1-1 draw at Strasbourg on Friday opened the door for Lyon to move to within five points of second place, but Paulo Fonseca's team could not take their chance, despite twice going ahead.

Instead, Aubameyang was the hero for Marseille, who claimed their first Ligue 1 win under new boss Habib Beye. 

Having been played in by Endrick, Corentin Tolisso struck inside the third minute for Lyon, and the midfielder thought he had doubled the visitors' lead early in the second half, only to be denied by the offside flag.

Marseille made that fortune count two minutes later, with Igor Paixao cutting in from the right and unleashing a curling effort that Dominik Greif could only help into the top corner.

Yet another sweeping move put Lyon back on course for victory, with Endrick finding Remi Himbert, who squared up his marker before drilling into the bottom-left corner in the 76th minute.

With nine minutes of normal time remaining, however, Paixao's cross was met on the volley by veteran campaigner Aubameyang, who steered a fine finish home.

And in the first minute of stoppage time, Aubameyang was on hand to turn in from Ethan Nwaneri's low centre, sending the home fans at Stade Velodrome into raptures.

Data Debrief: Aubameyang to the rescue

There have been 40 draws between Marseille and Lyon in Ligue 1, with only Marseille-Bordeaux (41) seeing a greater number of draws in the history of the competition. However, the last draw between these two teams in the competition was in the 2020-21 season, and Aubameyang ensured that run continued to snap a run of four top-flight games without a win.

The 36-year-old's four chances were worth a combined 1.3 expected goals, with Marseille's overall xG standing at 2.0. Aubameyang scored with both of his shots on target, while only team-mate Mason Greenwood (11) had more touches in the opposition's box than his nine.

Marseille have now won four straight home league games against Lyon for the third time, after runs between 1952-1956 and 1993-1997.

Real Madrid loanee Endrick, though, can consider himself unfortunate to be on the losing side. Nobody created more than his four chances (level with Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg).