Mason Greenwood has finally dumped his dry spell with a goal in Marseille's 5-0 Ligue 1 win against Montpellier on Sunday.

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• Greenwood breaks four-game dry spell
• Scores and assists in Montpellier rout
• Marseille win 5-0 to go third in Ligue 1

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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  Greenwood started his stint at Marseille off with a bang, however, the England international has struggled to get on to the scoresheet for Roberto De Zerbi's side over the last month and a half. The England international has failed to score since the start of September when he scored twice in a 3-1 win over Toulouse.

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• THE BIGGER PICTURE

  However, the former Manchester United forward broke his four-match goalless duck with a sensational performance against Montpellier as De Zerbi's side cruised to a 5-0 win away from home. Greenwood assisted Marseille's third goal of the night and then went on to score their fourth past Benjamin Lecomte.

• DID YOU KNOW?

  Greenwood has now scored six goals and provided one assist for Marseille since joining the club from United.

  His latest outing resulted in Montpellier sacking coach Michel Der Zakarian, as president Laurent Nicollin confirmed after the match.

  "Just to tell you that I have terminated Michel De Zakarian's contract," he said. "He is no longer the coach of Montpellier. Given the performance and the attitude that I saw this evening, I felt obliged to intervene and end our collaboration. It is not with a light heart, because he is someone that I appreciate enormously. But in life, it is the club before everything. There is nothing planned for the future at the moment. Nothing was anticipated. I am ashamed to have taken a 5-0 loss against Marseille, for my club and my supporters.

  "I told my players this evening, they got rid of the coach. It is up to each of us to realise that if we do nothing, we are heading straight for there… Something had to be done. That's what I feel, I hope I'm not wrong. It's never easy, especially when you like people. But that's the life of football, when there are no results, it's easier to change a coach than 25 players."

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  WHAT NEXT FOR GREENWOOD?

  Marseille are currently third in the Ligue 1 rankings after eight matchdays and Greenwood will next be in action when they take on top of the table Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday, October 27.

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