Manchester United FC Vs. Marseille, 2011 UEFA Champions League: Back And Forth Opening To Second Half

Marseille started the second half in total control, a far cry to the events of the previous 45 minutes where Manchester United dominated the game for the opening half hour. The home side spent the first five minutes being rather lackadaisical in possession, resulting in a sustained spell of pressure from Marseille pressure - obviously bad news for a rather depleted United defence. Wes Brown just went in on Loic Remy with a rather crunching tackle on the right, which was perfectly timed to both get the ball legally and hit the Marseille player very hard at the same time. Cunning defending there, but it could easily have gone very very wrong for the fourth-choice centre back.

United have another penalty shout up at the Marseille end, but they were never going to get anything for Patrice Evra being shouldered off the ball by Souleymane Diawara as the left back tried to burst into the penalty area, and then Javier Hernandez was set free by a cute Rooney ball only to be halted by the linesman's flag. United are clawing back into things after a promising start from their guests.