Le joey at it again !!!!

Joey Barton is sent off in Marseille's Ligue 1 defeat by Nancy
• English midfielder picks up two bookings in four minutes
• Lyon beaten 3-1 at Ajaccio with two Adrian Mutu goals

Referee Wielfried Bien shows a red card to Marseille's Joey Barton, No6, during the Ligue 1 game against Nancy. Photograph: Claude Paris/AP
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Marseille failed to take advantage of Lyon's defeat at Ajaccio when they slumped to a 1-0 home defeat to Nancy after finishing with 10 men following Joey Barton's first Ligue 1 sending-off.

Salif Sané scored the winner for Nancy after André Ayew deflected the ball into his own net following a corner in the 75th minute, giving the visitors their first away victory of the season and lifting them to 19th, four points from safety.

The hosts were down to 10 men when Barton picked up two bookings in four minutes just before the hour to earn his first red card since joining Marseille on loan from Queens Park Rangers.

Marseille stay third on 42 points from 23 games, six behind the leaders, Paris Saint-Germain, and three adrift of Lyon, who lost 3-1 at lowly Ajaccio thanks to Adrian Mutu's first Ligue 1 double.

The action-packed second half proved a nightmare for Lyon when Bafétimbi Gomis missed a chance to make it 2-2 from the penalty spot with three minutes to go and the centre-back Dejan Lovren was sent off in stoppage time.

Mutu, who put his side ahead with a close-range header in the 65th minute, netted the resulting penalty to seal the home team's victory.

Montpellier, the champions, recovered from Gaëtan Courtet's first-half opener to beat struggling Stade Reims 3-1 at home with goals by Souleymane Camara, Marco Estrada and Younès Belhanda.

 

Can't have been many french players playing

 

[video=youtube;iXEHWBl6Am8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXEHWBl6Am8[/video]

 

Can't argue with that one, any idea what the first one was like?

 

I love the way, as per usual, that he cant believe the decision!! As if he has been hard done by as usual!! What a Muppet he is!!! lol

 

leopards... and spots....