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Mason Greenwood won praise from the French media following Marseille's 2-1 win against Newcastle in the Champions League , but former Arsenal star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang stole the show as he scored a brace and earned comparisons to Didier Drogba in the process.

Marseille welcomed the Magpies to the Stade Velodrome on Tuesday night and had a nightmare start as Harvey Barnes put the visitors 1-0 up within six minutes. However, former Manchester United winger Greenwood was on hand to spearhead the Ligue 1 club's second-half comeback.

Aubameyang scored a quickfire brace immediately after the restart to eventually win the game 2-1 and took the plaudits from the media.

Le Parisien did note that Greenwood "brilliantly found" the Gabon striker in the first hal

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