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Bayern beat Sporting to move level with Arsenal at top Atlético come from behind to burst PSV’s bubble Jules Koundé’s two quickfire headers helped Barcelona to fight back and edge past Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 in the Champions League at Camp Nou on Tuesday, marking a much-needed win for the Catalan side. After a draw against Club Brugge and a defeat by Chelsea, Barcelona found their stride to climb to 14th in the standings, level on 10 points with several teams, as they aim for a top-eight finish to secure direct qualification for the last 16. Frankfurt are 30th with four points from six matches. Frankfurt struck first in the 21st minute through Ansgar Knauff on the counter but Barça’s persistence paid off when Koundé scored twice early in the second half. In the 50th minute he nodded home from just inside the box from Marcus Rashford’s cross and, in the 53rd minute, the French defender jumped high in a crowded box to head the winner from a Lamine Yamal cross. “They have made it difficult for us. They sat very deep, had a lot of players on the back, which makes it tough, Lamine Yamal had two or three players on him all the time, ” Pedri told Movistar Plus. “We made some adjustments at half-time, put more players up front and it worked out, we felt better and found the goals. Koundé is a guy who works hard and deserves it. We’re happy with the result. ” Mason Greenwood scored twice as Marseille came from behind to claim a 3-2 victory at Union Saint-Gilloise, significantly boosting their chances of reaching the knockout rounds. The win moves Marseille to nine points from their six games and into 16th position in the league table. Union are in 25th and outside of the knockout places with six points, also from six matches. Union took the lead inside five minutes when Anan Khalaili picked up the ball on the edge of the box, cut inside and drilled a low shot in at the near post. Marseille were level as Igor Paixão reacted quickest to the loose ball when Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s shot was only parried by the goalkeeper Kjell Scherpen. Greenwood’s first goal put the visitors in front as he linked well with Aubameyang and fired into the net from 12 yards, before adding a second when he turned his defender and blasted past Scherpen. Union narrowed the deficit to a single goal when Khalaili grabbed his second and thought they had equalised on two occasions, but were fractionally offside on both. Bayern Munich scored three times in 12 minutes in the second half to race back from a goal down and beat Sporting Lisbon 3-1 and stay on course for a top-eight finish in the league phase. Goals from Serge Gnabry, the teenager Lennart Karl and Jonathan Tah between the 65th and 77th minutes gave the Bundesliga leaders an impressive comeback win after Sporting took a surprise lead thanks to a Joshua Kimmich own goal nine minutes after the restart. The Bavarian side, who endured their first defeat across all competitions this season when they lost against Arsenal in the Champions League on the previous matchday two weeks ago, are on 15 points in second place with two matches left in the league phase. Sporting dropped to ninth on 10 points. The top eight teams qualify for the knockout stage, with the next 16 going into a playoff for eight more spots. In the other early game a 73rd-minute goal from Gelson Martins was enough to give Olympiakos victory at Kairat Almaty. Atlético Madrid came from behind to beat PSV Eindhoven 3-2 away and move up to seventh spot in the standings, all but ensuring their progress to the knockout stages. Julián Alvarez, David Hancko and Alexander Sørloth took advantage of some sloppy defending to score after PSV had taken an early lead through Guus Til. The Spanish side had to hold on desperately at the end as PSV came surging back when Ricardo Pepi pulled back a goal five minutes from time. It set up a grandstand finish with a vociferous crowd urging the home side on but despite several chances PSV could not force a dramatic late draw. The home side were hoping to build on the momentum of their shock 4-1 win at Liverpool in their last Champions League outing at the end of last month and got off to a rapid start at the Philips Stadion. But they were undone by mistakes and in the end slipped from 15th to 19th in the standings.