Barton's back in trouble: Row in home debut as Marseille hammer AEL Limassol

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23:03 GMT, 4 October 2012

Joey Barton was in the thick of it on his home debut for French side Marseille. The QPR outcast was booked in a 5-1 Europa League win over AEL Limassol, and had a spat with visiting keeper Matias Degra.

The Queens Park Rangers loanee started the match at the Velodrome, and saw his side go a goal down to the minnows.

But Barton and Marseille battled back well, and in the end they cruised to an easy victory in Group C.

Remember me Joey Barton made his home debut for Marseille

At it already: Barton argued with goalkeeper Matias Degra during the match

The Ligue 1 leaders returned to
form in emphatic fashion after the weekend's humiliating defeat to
Valenciennes as they beat the Cypriots.

Edwin Ouon put the visitors in front
but goals from Rod Fanni, Michel Mendes, Andre Gignac and two for Loic
Remy saw Marseille home.

There were six more goals in the other Group C tie as Fenerbahce won 4-2 at Borussia Monchengladbach.

Luuk De Jong put the hosts in front
but Cristian Baroni hit two and further goals were added by Raul
Meireles and Dirk Kuyt, with Igor De Camargo grabbing the Germans'
second.

Fans favourite: Barton's side beat AEL Limassol 5-1 at the Velodrome

Philippe Coutinho's 10th minute strike set Inter Milan on their way to their first win in UEFA Europa League Group H with a 3-1 success against Neftchi in Azerbaijan.

Inter, who had been held at home in their opening group game by Rubin Kazan, built on their lead with further strikes from Joel Obi and Marko Livaja before half-time. Nicolas Canales scored a 53rd minute consolation for the hosts.

However, Rubin Kazan kept pace with the Italians with a 2-0 home win over Partizan Belgrade.

Gokdeniz Karadeniz opened the scoring on the stroke of half-time and Alexander Ryazantsev added a second just after the break.

Reigning champions Atletico Madrid
needed an injury time winner from Cristian Rodriguez to extend their run
of wins to eight with a 1-0 triumph over Viktoria Plzen in Spain.

Also in Group B, Omer Damari struck
an injury time equaliser for Hapoel Tel Aviv in a 1-1 draw at Portuguese
side Academica, who led through a Salim Cisse effort.

Over he goes: Coutinho (right) scored Inter Milan's first against Neftci PFK

Hungarians Videoton pulled off an upset in Group G as they strolled to a 3-0 home win over Sporting Lisbon.

Paulo Vinicius, Filipe Oliveira and Nemanja Nikolic all scored before half-time for the home team, who had slumped to a 3-0 defeat of their own at Genk in their opening group game.

The Belgians had looked well on their way to another win in the other Group G game as they led Basel 2-0 in Switzerland through an early Benjamin De Ceulaer strike and a second from Jelle Vossen.

But the hosts hit bacredk to claim a point in a 2-2 draw thanks to a second half double from Marco Streller, the first of which came from the penalty spot.

Lazio nudged to their first win in Group J – Ederson hitting the only goal of the game in the 62nd minute against Maribor at the Stadio Olimpico. The visitors had Jovan Vidovic sent off late on.

In Group I, Gueida Fofana scored twice, including an injury-time winner, as Lyon earned their second straight win with a thrilling 4-3 triumph over Hapoel Kiryat Shmona in Israel.

Shimon Abuhatzira put the home side in front after just seven minutes before Fofana, Fabian Monzon and Anthony Reveillere put the Frenchmen well in control at the break.

Hapoel clawed back level through Lior Levi and Abuhatzira but when they thought they had done enough to take a point, Fofana struck two minutes into added time.

Tears of joy: Fenerbahce's Baroni Cristian has an unorthodox celebration after bagging a goal

Last year's runners-up Athletic Bilbao slumped to a 3-1 defeat at Sprata Prague. Tomas Zapotocny, Bekim Balaj and Josef Husbauer scored for the home side, with Oscar De Marcos replying late for Bilbao.

In Group K, Edmar and Cleiton Xavier scored to give Metalist Kharkiv a 2-0 home win over Rapid Vienna, while Stefan Kiessling scored in the 76th minute to give Bayer Leverkusen a 1-0 win at Rosenborg.

Hannover shrugged off the ninth minute dismissal of Turkish defender Karim Haggui to beat Spaniards Levante 2-1 in Germany.

Michel had put Levante in front from the spot after Haggui's red card, but Szabolcs Huszti and Didier Ya Konan struck back to win it for the home side in Group L.

In the same group, two Nikola Durdic goals put Helsingborg 2-0 up against FC Twente but the Dutch side hit back to claim a 2-2 draw with goals from Rasmus Bengtsson and Douglas.

Easy does it: Lazio's Ederson scored their only goal over Maribor to get their first win of the campaign

In an early kick-off in Group A, veteran striker Samuel Eto'o scored two late goals to give big-spending Russians Anzhi Makhachkala a 2-0 win over Young Boys.

Napoli's excellent start to the new season ran aground in Eindhoven where they were beaten 3-0 by PSV in Group F.

Walter Mazzarri's men went into the game unbeaten in seven but were behind after seven minutes from a Jeremain Lens strike, and Dries Mertens and Marcelo added further goals for the Dutch side.

Dnipro, who had beaten PSV in their opening game, claimed their second straight win as they came from behind twice to beat AIK 3-2 in Sweden.

Goals from Helgi Danielsson and Henok Goitom for the hosts were cancelled out by efforts from Nikola Kalinic and Vitaly Mandzyk before Evhen Seleznyov struck to seal the points seven minutes from time.

A late own goal from Ragnar Sigurdsson gave Steaua Bucharest a 1-0 win over FC Copenhagen in Group E, while Jo-Inge Berget and Daniel Chima scored in Molde's 2-0 home win over Stuttgart.

Shock of the night: Gelson Fernandes could not stop Sporting Lisbon losing 3-0 to Videoton