Marseille fans made their feelings clear to Patrice Evra as the Mediterranean side put their European troubles behind them by romping to a 5-0 win over Caen in Ligue 1 on Sunday. Evra, 36, was not involved in the game at the Velodrome having been suspended by his club for aiming a karate kick at the head of one of his team's own supporters prior to Thursday's Europa League defeat to Vitoria Guimaraes.
But a banner at one end of the ground carried the slogan "This Game is Over" in English, parodying Evra's favourite slogan of "I love this game". Another banner read: "We don't want you in our colours anymore. Evra get lost." Chants also rang out insulting the former Manchester United and Juventus left-back, who was red-carded after the incident, which occurred in the pre-match warm-up before the game in Portugal.
Luiz Gustavo put the home side ahead just before the break, sweeping home after a Florian Thauvin shot had been blocked. Thauvin then made it 2-0 just after the restart before Morgan Sanson got the third. But Thauvin was the main threat and the winger crossed for Kostas Mitroglou to head in before he completed the scoring with his second of the afternoon.
Lyon captain Nabil Fekir scored twice - taking his tally for the season to 11 - in a 5-0 demolition of bitter rivals Saint-Etienne, but he could face punishment after a provocative celebration sparked a late pitch invasion that forced a 30-minute delay. Earlier, Mario Balotelli scored the only goal of the game as Nice beat Dijon 1-0, only for his afternoon to be marred when he was sent off late on.
The Italian striker converted a penalty five minutes from half-time for his sixth league goal of the campaign. He was then sent off for the third time in Ligue 1 since moving to Nice at the start of last season, receiving a straight red card for chopping down Dijon defender Cedric Yambere from behind with a minute left. Lille eased the pressure on coach Marcelo Bielsa with a 3-0 win away at bottom club Metz - their first victory since the opening weekend of the campaign.
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