France round-up: Alfonso strike denies Monaco
Sunday, March 24, 2002
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Olympique de Marseille drew 1-1 with AS Monaco FC in Le Championnat on Sunday.
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Alfonso Pérez scored an injury-time equaliser to hand struggling Olympique de Marseille a hard-earned 1-1 home Le Championnat draw with AS Monaco FC.
Late strike
Monaco striker Shabani Nonda exploited a defensive blunder by midfield player Salomon Olembé to score with a brilliant lob on 72 minutes that lifted his season's tally to 13 goals. However, in the dying minutes, Marseille threw everything at the visitors and their efforts were rewarded with Alfonso's goal two minutes into injury time.
Moving up
The draw moved Monaco further away from the relegation zone as they rose one spot to ninth with 36 points, while Marseille moved up two places to 12th on 34 points.
