Porto see off sorry Marseille to close in on last 16


Soccer Football - Champions League - Group C - Olympique de Marseille v FC Porto - Orange Velodrome, Marseille, France - November 25, 2020 Olympique de Marseille's Luis Henrique in action with FC Porto's Chancel Mbemba REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - Porto comfortably beat Olympique de Marseille 2-0 away on Wednesday to move to the brink of qualifying for the Champions League knockout phase.

Zaidu Sanusi's goal and Sergio Oliveira's penalty put Porto on nine points from four games in Group C while Marseille, who became the first team to lose 13 straight games in the competition since it was launched in 1992-93, were eliminated with zero points.

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