Marseille 5 RB Leipzig 2 (agg 5-3): Dimitri Payet hits superb goal as the former West Ham star lights up thrilling tie

DIMITRI PAYET was a fitting matchwinner for Marseille on a magical night in the Europa League quarter-finals.

The former West Ham playmaker weaved through superbly on the hour to make it 4-2 on the night before Hiroki Sakai struck on the break in stoppage time to complete the French hosts' 5-3 aggregate win.

Leipzig won the opening leg 1-0 in their bid for a semi-final place in their first ever season of European football - and could easily have triumphed by more that evening.

And three goals inside the first nine minutes of this return set the tone for a glorious, frenetic contest.

Leipzig's French striker Augustin lost the ball as he surged across the area in the second minute, but Portuguese winger Bruma buried the loose ball into the bottom corner.

But Konstantinos Mitroglou soon brought Marseille level on the night, 2-1 behind on aggregate.

French defender Boubacar Kamara flicked on Payet's corner for Greece striker Mitroglou to bundle the ball home.

And Marseille promptly conjured a mesmerising counter-attack to go in front on the night.

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Payet peaked the move with a raking crossfield pass for Morgasn Sanson.

RB keeper Péter Gulácsi managed to keep out Sanson's both initial effort and rebound, only for Bouna Sarr to finally smash the ball in.

And Marseille thought they were ahead on aggregate too after 17 minutes.

Payet fired home a stunner - but play was called back for a foul by team-mate Mitroglou on Lukas Klostermann.