Marseille vs Manchester United, 1st Leg

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2. The crowd kept the energy levels up throughout, but neither side did enough to deserve a goal and it now comes down to the second leg at Old Trafford. If United defend as they did tonight, they should progress.

3. That's the end of the game and there wasn't a huge amount of incident all in all.

4. 91'

   <b>Full time</b>

5. 91'

   Nani chips a ball into the area, but it's blocked. Diawara is fouled by Nani and that looks like it'll be the end of the game.

6. 90'

   Valbuena fails to clear the near post again with the corner. Rotten.

7. 89'

   Ayew wins a corner and whips up the crowd.

8. 88'

   Berbatov plays a very intelligent pass towards Rooney as United threaten to break, but sadly the execution is lacking. M'Bia takes possession.

9. 88'

   Valbuena's corner is headed clear at the near post. The corners tonight have been woeful.

10. 87'

    Cheyrou manages to win a corner from Vidic.

11. 86'

    Valbuena manages to slip a ball beyond Smalling at long last, but chiefly because it takes him by surprise: none of his team-mates were anywhere near.

12. 84'

    Another neat piece of play from United sees Fletcher given space to put a cross in on the right, but it's headed away. United are finally playing some incisive football.

13. 83'

    Nani goes on an impressive run from the halfway line but is stopped shortly afterwards by a Diawara foul.

14. 82'

    Berbatov and Nani combine well and come very close to creating something, but Berbatov's lay-off at the end is just a little heavy and Mandanda claims.

15. 80'

    Evra looks to burst past several players and, as has been the case with many others tonight, it ends in failure. Free-kick to Marseille.

16. 79'

    Marseille presumably are looking for a little more creativity as they've barely got beyond the United defence all game.

17. 79'

    <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Loic Remy comes off to be replaced by Mathuieu Valbuena.

18. 76'

    Fletcher angles a ball towards Berbatov but, although Diawara appears to head it behind, it's given as a goal kick.

19. 74'

    Berbatov sends a pass forwards for Evra and, when it bounces back in his direction, attempts a long-range strike. He gets under it a little, though.

20. 72'

    <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Paul Scholes is coming on in place of Darron Gibson. No surprise there - United could use some experience.

21. 71'

    Brandao receives the ball with his back to goal on the edge of the area. He flicks the ball out for Remy but the pass sends him wide, and Remy's cross ends up with Van der Sar.

22. 70'

    <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Edouard Cisse is replaced by Benoit Cheyrou.

23. 69'

    O'Shea sends the ball across goal and Nani flicks it through. It's a poor decision, but comes for Berbatov, whose shot is blocked.

24. 68'

    United break and Berbatov looks to find Nani in the area, but it's easy for Heinze to intercept.

25. 67'

    Remy moves forward with intent and slips it through for Brandao, but Smalling blocks well.

Leaders

OLMMAN

Total Shots

André Ayew

4

Wayne Rooney

3

Accurate Passes

Charles Kaboré

48

Chris Smalling

52

Saves

Steve Mandanda

2

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