Despite going a goal down after Yassine Kechta's 24th-minute strike, the game turned on its head when Gaultier Lloris was sent off for a handball in the box, with Greenwood dispatching the resulting penalty.

The 24-year-old then scored three goals in 10 second-half minutes after the hour mark before Robinio Vaz and Amir Murillo also got on the scoresheet to render Abdoulaye Toure's strike as consolation.

Greenwood has now scored 17 goals in Ligue 1 in 2025, the highest tally in the division over that period.

He also became the first Marseille player to score four goals in a single Ligue 1 game since Jean-Pierre Papin against Lyon in January 1991.

With 27 goals in the French top-flight, the Marseille striker equals the highest tally for an English player in Ligue 1 since 1947-1948, when Glenn Hoddle bagged 27.

Elsewhere, Lyon missed the chance to also move above PSG after losing 3-2 against Nice.

Sofiane Diop was the star of the first half as he assisted Melvin Bard's opener before scoring himself either side of Pavel Sulc's goal.

The defining moments in the match occurred early in the second half, with Ainsley Maitland-Niles seeing his penalty saved by Yehvann Diouf less than two minutes before Hicham Boudaoui doubled Nice’s lead.

Sulc scored a second deep into stoppage-time, but he was unable to spark a late comeback for the visitors.

Monaco, meanwhile, continued its poor run with a 1-1 draw against 17th-place Angers.

Folarin Balogun's 72nd-minute opener was cancelled out by Sidiki Cherif, leaving Monaco in fifth and winless in its past four games in all competitions.