Andre Villas-Boas had few excuses for his Marseille team after their 14-match unbeaten run in Ligue 1 came to an end with a surprise 3-1 home defeat by off-form Nantes.
Marseille are second and have put themselves in a strong position to qualify for the Champions League next season thanks to their hot streak but were downed by goals either side of half-time by Anthony Limbombe and Abdoul Kader Bamba and a late Alvaro own goal at the Stade Velodrome.
Morgan Sanson had given Marseille hope of continuing their run after levelling the scores with a lovely finish five minutes before the break on Saturday, but Villas-Boas admitted his side deserved to lose after a weak display.
"We weren't very good today, we lost the ball a lot and struggled to build play," said the Portuguese coach.
"We had confidence that we could change the match when we equalised, but their second goal hit us hard."
Nantes meanwhile climb to 10th after bagging their first win in six league matches and are level on 37 points with Lyon, Nice and Montpellier, who were beaten 1-0 by an
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