It has been more than a decade and a half since Marseille last won the French title, and judging by the way they have started the new season, they won't be winning it this time either. In fact, it feels like there will be no false hope or even the kind of euphoria so characteristic of a club that won the Champions League at the end of the last century. Nothing good is in the air. It smells like another gloomy season at the Velodrome! Even the transfer window suggested that Marseille would struggle to become a genuine challenger to Paris Saint-Germain, let alone anything more. Once the seemingly untouchable champions had made such a slow start, Marseille needed to take advantage and at least put some kind of pressure on them. Others have done so. Marseille have not. After losing to Paris, they are only marginally better off than the champions themselves – 2:3 (1:2).The third round is now over, and the table looks rather bizarre. Monaco are the only team with a perfect record, Paris Saint-Germain have just two points and are sitting barely above the relegation zone, while Marseille have one point more than Luis Enrique's side…Only there is one important thing: Paris Saint-Germain will eventually get going, hit their stride, and once they shift into a higher gear, it will be every man for himself! We've seen it so many times in Ligue 1. Since the arrival of the Middle Eastern owners at the club, their failures can practically be counted on one hand. There is no tension at the Parc des Princes, while at the Velodrome everything will soon start to crack. You can already feel it in the air.Amine Gouiri was once regarded as one of the biggest talents in French football, but he also has a wild side. Then again, so do many players with roots in the Maghreb. He holds an Algerian passport and chose to represent the African nation rather than the country where he was born and came through the youth ranks. He was never called up, switched allegiance, and clubs have now spent a total of 54,000,000 euros on his transfers alone. Marseille took a gamble on him a year and a half ago, and at the start of this Ligue 1 season he has been playing exceptionally well.Gouiri bagged a brace against Strasbourg and did the same today against Paris at the Velodrome. On both occasions he brought the European champions back into the game and sent the home fans into raptures. However, Lassine Sinayoko stole the show. The Parisian club's striker overshadowed him and announced that a scramble for his signature could soon begin. The visitors took the lead after just 25 seconds to silence the Velodrome crowd, as left-back Luca Koleosho got in behind and squared for Sinayoko to score. Marseille levelled in the eighth minute when Amine Gouiri pounced on Adama Camara's mishit back pass to score his third league goal in as many games this season. Sinayoko restored Paris FC's advantage 11 minutes later, heading in unmarked from a Pablo Pagis cross. OM equalised again nine minutes into the second half, as Gouiri lashed in a close-range volley from a tight angle. Marseille pushed forward in search of a winner, only to be caught out when Moses Simon's shot struck the arm of CJ Egan-Riley and PFC were awarded an 85th-minute penalty following a VAR review.LIGUE 1 – MATCHDAY 3ThursdayToulouse – Lille 0-1 (0-0)/Ueda 73/FridayOlympique Lyon – Auxerre 3-1 (2-1)/Bacher 28, Athekame 31, Nuamah 53 – Archer 42/PSG – Monaco 1-2 (1-0)/Marquinhos 31 – Nazinho 58, Idumbo 72/SaturdayLens – Lorient 0-1 (0-0)/Kone 54/Le Havre – Brest 1-2 (0-1)/Fofana 79 pen – Doumbia 12 pen, 51/Nice – Le Mans 1-1 (1-1)/Wahi 44 – Bourabaa 13/SundayTroyes – Strasbourg 2-6 (1-2)/Mille 9, Le Douaron 90+5 – Ortega 40, Lobao 42, Reyna 57, Amo-Ameyaw 85, 88, Harder 90+2/Angers – Rennes 1-2 (1-2)/Arcus 35 – Frankowski 9, Lefort 17 (OG)Olympique Marseille – Paris 2-3 (1-2)/Gouiri 8, 53 – Sinayoko 1, 19, 86' (p)