MAN UTD 2 - 1 MARSEILLE ( AGG 2 - 1 )

Hernandez scores United's opener after great work by Rooney

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Manchester United survived a late scare against Marseille before advancing into the Champions League quarter-finals for the fifth season in succession.

Javier Hernandez cemented his growing reputation with two close-range finishes to put United in control - but a late own goal from Wes Brown forced an anxious finale as Marseille pressed for the equaliser that would have sent them through.

Sir Alex Ferguson looks to have unearthed a goal poacher in the mould of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in young Mexican Hernandez and he was on the spot inside five minutes to slide in Wayne Rooney's ball across the face of goal.

Marseille had the chance to snatch a crucial away goal but wastefully cast their best opportunities aside with Andre-Pierre Gignac and Souleymane Diawara the guilty men in the first half.

Rooney and the ageless Ryan Giggs were prominent for United, but they continued to live dangerously with former star Gabriel Heinze heading wide and Benoit Cheyrou making keeper Edwin van der Sar work with another effort. 

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