Ghana playmaker Andre Ayew demonstrated his importance for Marseille on Friday when he scored in his first match for the French giants since returning from the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations as they drew 2-2 with Reims.
Ayew replicated his scoring form from Africa's flagship football competition by scoring just two days after returning his duties in Equatorial Guinea where he was the tournament's highest scorer.
However, David Ngog's last-gasp goal denied Marseille top spot in Ligue 1 on Friday as mid-table Stade de Reims snatched a 2-2 draw from a topsy-turvy encounter.
Ngog headed home in the final minute at the Stade Velodrome to leave Marseille in second spot with 49 points from 25 games, one adrift of Olympique Lyonnais who travel to Lorient on Sunday.
Marseille could not make their territorial dominance count in the first half after falling behind in the sixth minute, Nicolas de Preville poking the ball home after Prince Oniangue's 25-metre strike had smashed against keeper Steve Mandanda's post.
Marcelo Bielsa's team levelled in the 58th minute when Dimitri Payet's effort from just inside the box went in off Reims defender Franck Signorino.
Andre Ayew put the home side in front from close range in the 69th minute after Antoine Devaux deflected Payet's corner into his path.
Gaetan Charbonnier hit the crossbar as 13th-placed Reims pushed for an equaliser and it finally arrived when former Liverpool forward Ngog converted a centre from Charbonnier.
Champions Paris St Germain, third on 48 points, host lowly Caen on Saturday.