UEFA League: AC Milan Frustrate Barca, Bayern Beat Marseille

Barcelona's Messi (L) runs with Boateng of AC Milan

Barcelona will need to beat AC Milan at the Nou Camp to ensure their place in the Champions League semi-finals after being held to a goalless draw in Italy, reports the BBC.

The defending champions' claims for a penalty were turned down when Alexis Sanchez fell under Christian Abbiati's challenge in a dominant first half.

But Robinho and Zlatan Ibrahimovic had clear openings at the other end as AC Milan threatened on the break.

Cristian Tello was denied by a last-ditch block as Barca ran out of ideas.

However, in France, Bayern Munich took a major step to securing a place in the semi-finals of the Champions League with a comfortable away victory at Marseille.

Mario Gomez gave the German side the lead after his tame shot squirmed under the body of keeper, Elinton Andrade.

And Arjen Robben made it 2-0 after the break, playing a neat one-two with Thomas Muller before firing past Andrade from six yards out.

The winner of this tie will likely meet Real Madrid in the last four.

Madrid all but sealed their place in the semi-final with a 3-0 victory away at Apoel Nicosia on Tuesday and it looks as if the Spanish side will now meet Bayern after their result at the Stade Velodrome.
Marseille began with third-choice keeper Andrade in goal, because of Steve Mandanda's suspension, with the Brazilian making his Champions League debut and starting his first game in 14 months.

It took fully 44 minutes for Bayern to put him under any real pressure and when they did, he crumbled.

Andrade's fumble from Gomez's tame 20-yard shot saw the ball squirm under his body and into the net to give the German side an undeserved lead at the break.

Earlier, Manuel Neuer had superbly kept out Rod Fanni's close-range header at full stretch from Mathieu Valbuena's corner before Loic Remy inexplicably sliced the follow up into the side-netting from close range.