Mason Greenwood has Marseille record and ‘special feeling’ ripped away

Marseille forward Mason Greenwood has seen Ligue 1 remove a goal from his tally after his weekend strike was awarded to someone else and he is now a goal behind Didier Drogba’s record

Mason Greenwood propelled himself into the light of Didier Drogba at the weekend as he matched the Chelsea legend’s goalscoring tally in his season with Marseille. The former Manchester United forward bagged his 19th goal of the season in Ligue 1 to match the figure Drogba reached more than 20 years ago with Les Minots.

But the 23-year-old faces having to hit the mark again after seeing his goal chalked off days following Marseille’s 4-1 win over Brest. Greenwood scored a single goal in the victory. Tuesday saw the Ligue de Football Professionnel rule that Greenwood’s effort would instead be awarded as an own goal.