Marseille and Arsenal have failed to break the deadlock in the first half of their Champions League Group F clash at the Stade Velodrome.

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Both sides cancelled each other out in the opening exchanges, with the first chance of the contest coming only after 21 minutes.

The Gunners failed to clear a corner properly and a cross was drilled into their penalty box, but Andre Ayew could only head at Wojciech Szczesny.

Marseille had another chance to break the deadlock in the 40th minute, but Andre-Pierre Gignac's header went just wide.