Sancho spares United the blushes vs Leeds
- Substitute Jadon Sancho's first goal since September earned Manchester United a thrilling 2-2 draw with Leeds United in the Premier League on Wednesday as the hosts came back from two goals down to salvage a point.
- Leeds flew out of the traps and stunned Old Trafford into silence after 55 seconds when Wilfried Gornto arrowed the visitors in front from the edge of the penalty area.
- The home side wasted a host of chances to level in the first half, before Leeds looked to have stormed into a match-winning position early in the second period as Raphael Varane put through his own net to double the visitors' advantage. However, inform Marcus Rashford headed the hosts back into the match in the 62nd minute and Sancho stepped off the bench to rescue his side a point eight minutes later, squeezing the ball past goalkeeper Illan Measlier.
- Marseille stun PSG in French Cup: St Germain's miserable start to the year continued when they were knocked out of the French Cup last 16 by bitter rivals Olympique de Marseille on Wednesday. Marseille, who had only beaten PSG twice since the capital side were taken over by Qatar Sport Investment (QSI) in 2011, reached the quarterfinals thanks to an Alexis Sanchez penalty and a Ruslan Malinovskyi thunderbolt after Sergio Ramos' first half equalizer.
- PSG have now lost three times already in 2023 and the Cup defeat comes less than a week before they take on Bayern Munich in their Champions League last-16 first leg. Marseille went ahead on 31 minutes when Sanchez converted a penalty after Cengiz Under had been brought down by Ramos, giving the hosts a deserved advantage after a lively start.
- Dortmund into German Cup quarters: Emre Can scored from the halfway line while skipper Marco Reus grabbed a late winner as Borussia Dortmund defeated neighboring Bochum 2-1 on Wednesday to qualify for the German Cup quarterfinals on Wednesday.
- Nuremberg also qualified for the lasteight by beating Fortuna Duesseldorf 5-3 on penalties after scoring an injury-time equaliser in a 1-1 draw.