Tarik Sektioui's stunning individual goal helped Porto take over from Marseille as the leaders of Group A.
Marseille replaced as Group A leaders
Tarik Sektioui's stunning individual goal helped Porto take over from Marseille as the leaders of UEFA Champions League Group A.
The Moroccan's memorable solo effort after receiving the ball in his own half was cancelled out at the start of the second period by Mamadou Niang's diving header at Estadio do Dragao.
But Lisandro Lopez powered Ricardo Quaresma's cross into the top corner with 12 minutes to go to seal a 2-1 victory for Jesualdo Ferreira's side.
After four minutes a surging run from Lorik Sana ended with Marseille skipper driving in shot from the edge of the box which stung the hands of Helton in the Porto goal as he parried it to safety.
Sektioui then forced Steve Mandanda into a smart reaction save with an audacious flick from Lopez's cross, but the flag had already been raised for offside.
Stunning
But a moment of sheer individual brilliance from the Moroccan, only in the side because of an ankle injury to skipper Lucho Gonzalez, saw Porto take the lead in the 27th minute.
Sektioui received the ball in his own half and set off towards the Marseille goal, cruising past one challenge, bursting between two more defenders with a deft feint followed by stunning acceleration which took him clear, before waltzing around Mandanda and slotting home.
Porto had a strong appeal for a penalty turned down in the 42nd minute when Taye Taiwo brought down Quaresma in the box, but referee Wolfgang Stark waved played on, with replays showing the defender had not touched the ball.
Marseille than had a glimmer of an opening when Mathieu Valbuena played in Niang, but the striker thrashed his effort into the side-netting.
Diving
But the visitors took just 90 seconds of the second period to get back on level terms with Niang diving to head Laurent Bonnart's cross from the left beyond a helpless Helton.
Cana then nodded just wide of Helton's goal from Samir Nasri's deep free-kick into the Porto box, before former Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse was brought on by Erik Gerets, Niang the man to surprisingly make way.
Cisse was immediately into the action, but was correctly flagged offside as he turned the ball home from Nasri's pass.
Winner
Porto then missed two chances in quick succession to regain the lead as Bruno Alves glanced wide after Mandanda lost his bearings coming to claim a corner, before Lopez somehow missed the target from Quaresma's superb ball to the back post.
But 12 minutes from time the same duo combined again, and this time Lopez made no mistake, bulleting a header into the top corner to give a static Mandanda absolutely no chance.
After allowing a series of borderline challenges to go unpunished, Stark issued a yellow card in added time to Helton for time-wasting, before Fucile was also booked for a crude lunge on Valbuena.
| FC Porto |
Team Statistics |
Marseille |
|
| 2 |
Goals |
1 |
|
| 1 |
1st Half Goals |
0 |
|
| 3 |
Shots on Target |
4 |
|
| 5 |
Shots off Target |
4 |
|
| 5 |
Blocked Shots |
1 |
|
| 10 |
Corners |
2 |
|
| 13 |
Fouls |
17 |
|
| 2 |
Offsides |
3 |
|
| 2 |
Yellow Cards |
0 |
|
| 0 |
Red Cards |
0 |
|
| 76.6 |
Passing Success |
84.5 |
|
| 21 |
Tackles |
20 |
|
| 71.4 |
Tackles Success |
75 |
|
| 45.2 |
Possession |
54.8 |
|
| 47.9 |
Territorial Advantage |
52.1 |
|
|
