Porto 1 Manchester City 2

ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger admitted last night’s victory over Marseille was one that will boost morale and confidence at the club.

IT seems to have been lost in the tumult surrounding Carlos Tevez’s apparent refusal to play, but Manchester City’s Champions League hopes are hanging by a thread after their meek surrender in Munich two weeks ago.

BARCELONA midfielder Andres Iniesta will be sidelined for around a month after suffering an injury during last night’s 2-2 Champions League draw with AC Milan at Camp Nou.

New manager Alejandro Sabella has left Manchester City’s unsettled striker Carlos Tevez out of the Argentina squad for a pair of friendlies in Asia next month.

MANCHESTER UNITED will have no safety net at Old Trafford in three weeks’ time after they ground out a goalless draw in their Champions League last-16 first leg meeting with Marseille at the Stade Velodrome.

Marseille 0 Manchester United 0

ALEX FERGUSON has called on Paul Scholes to swallow his pride and extend his Manchester United career by another season.

MARSEILLE piled more pressure on Chelsea’s under-fire boss Carlo Ancelotti as a second-half goal from Brandao brought their unbeaten Champions League run to an end last night.

Marseille 1 Chelsea 0

MARSEILLE produced the performance of the night in the Champions League to boost their hopes of qualification.

JUVENTUS crashed out of the Champions League with a miserable performance in front of their own fans as they capitulated to a rampant Bayern Munich at the Stadio Olimpico last night.

REAL MADRID took a step closer to the last 16 of the Champions League after easing past FC Zurich 1-0 in a match that saw the return to action of Cristiano Ronaldo following injury.

Marseille 1 AC Milan 2

New Marseille defender Gabriel Heinze insists he was not forced out of Real Madrid.

PORTO coach Jesualdo Ferreira insists he would not swap places with Alex Ferguson and has vowed to go for Manchester United’s jugular tonight.

JOAQUÍN BOTERO netted a hat-trick to help Bolivia hammer Argentina 6-1 and keep their slim 2010 World Cup hopes alive last night.

PORTO ensured Atletico Madrid followed their city neighbours Real out of the Champions League after playing out a goalless draw against the Spanish side at the Estadio do Dragao.

ATLETICO Madrid captain Antonio Lopez has told his team-mates to forget about their poor league form as they prepare to face Porto tonight.

Porto 2 Arsenal 0

ALESSANDRO DEL PIERO scored two goals to give Juventus a 2-0 victory over Real Madrid last night and book the Italians’ place in the last 16.

LIVERPOOL fans may believe that this was their weekend, but even beating Chelsea at Stamford Bridge doesn’t quite match the achievements of Hoffenheim and Leixoes.

JUVENTUS marked their return to the Champions League after a two-year absence with a hard-fought 1-0 Group H victory over UEFA Cup holders Zenit St Petersburg last night.

MANUEL NEUER was FC Schalke 04’s hero, capping an outstanding performance with two penalty saves as the Bundesliga side won through to the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals at the expense of ten-man FC Porto.

GERMANY striker Kevin Kuranyi fired his side a step closer to a Champions League quarter-final berth as his early goal was enough to seal a 1-0 first-leg win over FC Porto last night.

Liverpool 4 Porto 1

Under-pressure Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez went for an attacking line-up for his side’s vital Champions League Group A clash with pool leaders Porto.

Robinho went from villain to hero to earn Real Madrid a thrilling 4-2 victory over 10-man Olympiacos in their Champions League clash at the Bernabeu tonight.

Besiktas 0 Porto 1

LIVERPOOL’S manager and captain are in unison — what happened to the five-times European champions in Porto must never happen again.

Goalscorer Dirk Kuyt sympathised with Jermaine Pennant after the winger was sent off in Liverpool’s nail-biting 1-1 draw at Porto.

Porto 1 Liverpool 1

Porto 1 Liverpool 1

Last season’s beaten finalists Liverpool were without midfielder Xabi Alonso, who has failed to recover from an ankle problem initially sustained at Portsmouth on Saturday, and aggravated last night in training at the Estadio Dragao.

Michael Ballack earned Chelsea a place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a late winner at Stamford Bridge.

PRIMERA LIGA leaders, Barcelona, who face Liverpool at the Camp Nou on Wednesday, suffered a 2-1 defeat to Valencia at the Mestalla last night.

ARSENAL successfully negotiated a potentially fraught trip to Porto but endured a few heart-stopping moments before clinching their place in the Champions League knockout stages.

Arsenal successfully negotiated a potentially fraught trip to Porto but endured a few heart-stopping moments before clinching their place in the Champions League knockout stages.

Porto threw Champions League Group G wide open with a deserved away win over CSKA Moscow in the Lokomotiv Stadium last night, but their stay at the top was short-lived.

Porto threw Champions League Group G wide open with a deserved away win over CSKA Moscow in the Lokomotiv Stadium tonight, but their stay at the top was short-lived.

PORTO have thrown Champions League Group G wide open as they notched up an impressive 3-1 victory in Hamburg to boost their chances of qualification and end any lingering hopes that the German side still had.

David Beckham made his 100th Champions League appearance after coming on as a substitute in Real Madrid’s 4-1 victory over Steaua Bucharest in Group E.