Holders Inter Milan stared defeat in the face while Manchester United flirted with danger before both teams were able to sigh with relief after reaching the last eight of the Champions League on Tuesday. Inter staged an unlikely comeback after being outplayed for long periods to win 3-2 in the second leg of their last-16 match at Bayern Munich to go through on away goals after the tie finished 3-3 on aggregate following a night full of excitement.
-- Bayern beaten 3-2 in second leg
United held on after a late goal by Olympique Marseille to beat the French champions 2-1 in a tense affair at Old Trafford for their 100th Champions League success and advance by that scoreline after a goalless draw in France three weeks ago. The Champions League often produces dramatic endings to closely fought ties but few teams will coming closer to defeat before escaping than Inter in Germany, breaking Bayern's hearts again nine months after beating them in last season's final.
In a superb end-to-end match, Bayern stormed back to lead 2-1 on the night and 3-1 overall with goals by Mario Gomez, following a goalkeeping blunder at the other end from Julio Cesar after 21 minutes, and Thomas Mueller 10 minutes later.
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