Taiwo who has feature in all  OM’s 10 games in the Ligue 1 so far with three goals scored, had earlier been tied with former skipper, Mamadou Niang on 52 games in the European competition but now  holds the sole record for the French champions with 53 games to his credit.

The former Lobi Stars defender who was snubbed by his coach in Marseille’s second round UCL match against Chelsea a forthnight ago was denied a goal in the 33rd and 39th minutes when his thunderous strikes were deflected away from goal.

He was however shown a yellow card in the 48th minute for excessive celebration after Soulyeman Diawara had shot Marseille into the lead.