Late Ayew goal sees Marseille defeat Inter

MARSEILLE: A stoppage-time goal from Andre Ayew gave Olympique Marseille a 1-0 win over Inter Milan in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie last night.

Ayew broke the deadlock with a header in the third minute of time added on leaving the Inter players shaking their heads in disbelief as the French side stretched their unbeaten run in all competitions to 16 games.

Basel pulled off another huge Champions League upset last night with a 1-0 victory over Bayern Munich to move within sight of the quarter-finals.

Substitute Valentin Stocker snatched the winner for the Swiss champions in the 86th minute with a shot that went through Bayern keeper Manuel Neuer’s legs.

Bayern survived two early let-offs in the first leg of the last 16 tie as Aleksandar Dragovic and Alexander Frei both struck the woodwork for the Swiss side, whose attacking style accounted for Manchester United in the group phase.

It was the latest blow for Bayern who have suffered a loss of form in the Bundesliga and have dropped four points behind leaders Borussia Dortmund.

In Manchester, holders Porto crashed out of the Europa League after a 4-0 thumping at Manchester City completed a 6-1 aggregate win for the English Premier League leaders.

Trailing 2-1 from the home leg, the Portuguese side’s hopes of reaching the last 16 were dealt a crushing blow after 19 seconds at a sodden Etihad Stadium when Sergio Aguero fired City into the lead.

Aguero created a second for substitute Edin Dzeko after 76 minutes, and Porto’s night got even worse when Rolando was shown a second yellow card for voicing his opinion that Dzeko should have been ruled offside. Late goals by David Silva and recent signing David Pizarro flattered Roberto Mancini’s side, who did not have things all their own way but never looked in danger of losing. – Reuters