Liverpool are said to be monitoring Tottenham's interest in Marseille striker Loic Remy with a view to pipping the North London side in the race to sign the French international.
The 25 year old striker has previously been linked with a move to the Merseyside club in the summer but no bid was forthcoming but the eight match ban handed down to Uruguayan Luis Suarez and the average form shown by Andy Carroll has led the Anfield side to re-ignite their interest in the Stade Velodrome forward.

By Geoff Reid

Group E
Valencia vs Genk from the Mestalla, Valencia
In what looks to be a tighter group then expected, Valencia know that three points at home against Genk are a must if they want to control their own destiny before the final match day of the group, and qualify for the last 16.

It's easy enough to look at Arsenal's recent away form and state that a victory against Norwich City is near enough inevitable. At Stamford Bridge Arsenal defeated Chelsea 5-3 in a roller coaster of a match. Prior to that they had defeated Marseille in the Champions League in France at the Stade Velodrome.

Results, regardless of performances, are often the hallmarks of champions. Time and time again, the best sides have been able to grind out wins even in the face of formidable adversaries and unlikely circumstances.

Now, the Arsenal performance Tuesday night at the Stade Velodrome was far from subpar, but in a fairly even match, Aaron Ramsey's strike at the death brings all three points back to North London, and for the first time it seems that Arsene Wenger's side, who have suffered this year from media criticism and a string of very poor results, may have the ability to achieve something this year and in the future, and at the least remain in the Champions League spots.

By Chris Wright

Mathieu Valbuena's getting too old for this merde

Speaking as a partially-inebriated neutral, Arsenal's narrow victory over Marseille at the Stade Velodrome wasn't in the politest terms possible very easy on either the eye or the frontal lobes.

Substitute Aaron Ramsey came off the bench to score the winner as Arsenal secured a priceless 1-0 away to Olympique Marseille at the Stade Velodrome. Defensive solidarity, confident in the result as well as a ruthlessness hitherto unseen so far this season. Such qualities were clearly on show for Arsene Wenger's men on Wednesday as [.

Aaron Ramsey struck two minutes into added time to give Arsenal an important 1-0 win at Marseille's Stade Velodrome that puts them in control of Champions League Group F.

After a largely dispiriting 90 minutes in which both sides struggled to create clear-cut chances, substitute Ramsey controlled an accidental flick-on from Gervinho and placed his shot low past Steve Mandanda to give Arsene Wenger's side a fifth win in six games in all competitions.

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Olympique Marseille vs Arsenal 0-1 Highlights Video 2011 Ramsey goal is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Marseille vs Arsenal 2011 ( L'OM vs Arsenal 2011) Final score:- Marseille vs Arsenal 0-1 ( Ramsey 90′) 19 October, 2011- 19.

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Arsenal sealed a dramatic win at the Stade Velodrome, a stoppage time Aaron Ramsey goal taking them top of Group F with a 1-0 victory. Marseille 0-1 Arsenal Late Ramsey goal seals win for Gunners Meanwhile Chelsea cruised to a 5-0 win over Belgian side Genk at Stamford Bridge.

Arsenal travel to the Stade Velodrome tonight in a champions league clash against Group F leaders Marseille. The Gunners go into this match knowing that anything less than a win could seriously hamper their chances of moving onto the next stage.

However things do not look too good for Arsenal as number of their key players are major doubts for the fixture.

Who wants to give me a helping hand?

Arsenal heads to the south of France to continue our Champions League adventure. This is the first of 2 back-to-back matches against Marseille. Stade Velodrome will provide the backdrop for this encounter and this is the same pitch where Dennis Bergkamp scored that immaculate goal for Holland against Argentina in the 1998 World Cup.

Wenger says the two games against Marseille will be vital for Arsenal's qualification hopes and fans who don't want a repeat of last season's second round draw know results in these two fixtures will go a long way in deciding the group topper.

Nevertheless, I have a feeling Arsene will rotate some of his players and I support that wholeheartedly.

Tomorrow sees the Arsenal step on the Stade Velodrome and take on the mighty Olympique Marseille, for what is due to be an exciting clash for 1st place in Group F. With Olympiakos winless and Dortmund disappointing, the Arsenal-Marseille clashes will likely dictate the final standings of our group, so it's important to go and get a result out there tomorrow.

Olympique Marseille host Arsenal at the Stade Velodrome as the two leading sides in the UEFA Champions League Group F lock horns. The hosts Marseille current sit at the summit of the group having grabbed six points from two matches with second placed Arsenal two behind on four points. Despite both sides monopolizing what did [.

By Geoff Reid

Group E
Valencia vs Chelsea from the Estadi de Mestalla, Valencia
The talking point in this one will be the return of former Valencia midfielder Juan Mata to the Mediterranean coast with his current side, Chelsea. Both of these sides are favored to qualify for the knockout phase of the tournament, so the home side expect to win this one, and manager Unai Emery has said as much, and expecting a sold out Mestalla will put the pressure on.

Name them "Clash of the two Olympiques", or "Olympico", or "les sardines débarquent chez les quenelles" (can't wait to see you guys running that one on Google Translation !), these games have become milestones of the Ligue 1 season, so football lovers and broadcasters alike- love them.

But these popular encounters haven't always been so eagerly expected, much less so than an OM-PSG, for instance.

To say that Manchester United have a right to be in the Champions League quarterfinals might be going a bit too far, but a Champions League quarterfinal draw without United in the hat is an oddity and a rarity.

United are the only side to have reached at least the quarterfinals in each of the previous four seasons, and we've hit that mark in 11 of the last 14, so there's tradition to uphold as we face Marseille tonight at Old Trafford.

Marseille host Manchester United tonight at the Stade Velodrome in the last-126 of the Champions League with United looking for their 10th CL away victory in 11 games.

However the last time these too met was in 1999 when a William Gallas goal for Marseille was enough for a French victory at home how the Marseille faithful would love some of the same tonight.

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Marseille v Manchester United
Second Round, UEFA Champions League
Stade Velodrome
Wednesday, 23 February
Kickoff: 19:45 GMT, 20:45 CET

Bolstered by injuries to key personnel at Manchester United and their lacklustre away form, Marseille will be going all-out to beat the Red Devils in the first leg.

French champions Olympique Marseille will be looking to secure a favourable result as they host Manchester United in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League Last 16 tie.

‘Franglais' is the term used to describe a concocted mixture of the finest in the French and English language.

Andy Slater will be tweeting and reporting live from Marseille before, during and after tomorrow's match. Follow along here at The Offside, as well as on Twitter at @Andy_Slater.

As two of Europe's on-form clubs prepare to face each other in the Champions League, both are having to cope with injuries to key players but there is still plenty of class on show for what should be a fascinating contest.

Manchester United's Champions League campaign resumes tomorrow with a final 16 first leg match against Marseille at the Stade Velodrome. Team News The Man United squad flew out to France today,...
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By Chris Wright

'Tis the gospel truth, Arsenal have no defence at the moment a fact that the gossip-hounds and rumour-mongers of this land are seemingly all too aware of.

The latest name linked with one of the several vacant gaps in the Gunners' Emmental-like back-line is that of Bordeaux centre-back Michael Ciani, otherwise known as the poor sod that Arsene Wenger opted for wizened veteran Sebastien Squillaci over back in the summer.

PARIS, France — French international striker Andre-Pierre Gignac finally justified his 18-million-euro transfer fee on Sunday when he scored his first home league goal for champions Marseille in a 2-1 victory over Bordeaux. It was only Gignac's second league strike of the season his first was at St Etienne in October although he [.