UEFA CUP REVIEW:First-half goals from Felipe Caicedo and Shaun Wright-Phillips proved enough to give Manchester City a 2-0 lead to take into the second leg of their Uefa Cup tie with Aalborg. Aiming to reach the quarter-finals for the first time in 30 years, the Blues were deserved winners and really should have grabbed a bigger lead for the trip to Denmark.

But two should be enough after Caicedo gave them an eighth-minute lead before Wright-Phillips drove home an unstoppable second on the half-hour.

Two late goals gave Italian side Udinese a 2-0 win they scarcely deserved over holders Zenit St Petersburg in the first leg of their UEFA Cup last-16 clash.

In a poor game, Udinese rarely managed to breach the Zenit defence as they all too often settled for long-range efforts that had little chance of beating Viacheslav Malafeev.

But Fabio Quagliarella popped up in the 85th minute to grab a goal and Antonio Di Natale doubled the Serie A side's lead from the penalty spot deep in injury time.

That leaves the holders facing an uphill battle if they are to continue their bid for back-to-back successes.

Galatasaray moved into the driving seat of their tie with Hamburg thanks to a 1-1 draw at the HSV Arena, despite playing most of the second half with 10 men.

Ayhan Akman gave the Turkish side the lead in the 32nd minute before Marcell Jansen equalised early in the second half.

Emre Asik was sent for an early bath in the 53rd minute, but Galatasaray held on for a draw which gives them a slight advantage ahead of the second leg in Istanbul next week.

An early goal from defender Naldo gave Werder Bremen a slender advantage to take with them into the second leg with St Etienne.

The Brazilian's strike in the 10th minute earned Thomas Schaaf's side the win at the Weser Stadion, but they may rue the many missed chances which prevented them from taking a bigger lead to France with them next week.

Hugo Almeida was guilty of missing the most chances as Bremen probed from start to finish, but only had one goal to show for their efforts.

Geoffrey Dernis then almost shocked the home team late on with Bremen thankful to their goalkeeper Tim Wiese for making a crucial stop which leaves them still in a good position to reach the quarter-finals.

Vagner Love's penalty early in the second half was enough to give CSKA Moscow a 1-0 advantage over Shakhtar Donetsk.

Shakhtar dominated the game early on but could not find a goal, and they paid the price as Love lashed in the penalty five minutes after the break for his 11th UEFA Cup goal of the season.

Paris St Germain failed to make their second-half dominance count as they were held to a goalless draw by Braga at Parc des Princes.

The home side only came to life after the interval and they proceeded to squander a number of good chances, Jerome Rothen coming closest to breaking the deadlock when he hit the post on the hour mark.

Braga failed to build on an impressive first 45 minutes and will be happy with a draw in the end, making them slight favourites ahead of next week's return leg.

Ognjen Vukojevic's second-half header ensured Dynamo Kiev will take a slender advantage into the second leg of their clash with Ukrainian rivals Metalist Kharkiv.

Dynamo struggled to break down their defensive-minded countrymen before Vukojevic headed in an Oleksandr Aliev corner in the 53rd minute - the first goal Metalist had conceded since the start of the group stages.