LONDON, Oct 23: Manchester United, AC Milan and Barcelona eased into the second phase of the Champions League Wednesday while 2001 winners Bayern Munich, quarterfinalists in their previous six campaigns, are clinging on by their fingertips after another defeat.

Goals by Serginho and Filippo Inzaghi, his 10th in Europe this season, gave Milan a 2-1 San Siro win and a superb double over Bayern in Group G to move to 12 points.

The Germans remain on one point but are not yet out thanks to RC Lens’s surprise 3-1 win over Deportivo Coruna. Deportivo have six points with Lens on four.

Frank de Boer’s 76th minute goal was enough for Barcelona to beat Lokomotiv Moscow 1-0 in the Nou Camp, their fourth win in Group H. Club Bruges beat Galatasaray 3-1 to leapfrog their victims into second place on five points to the Turks’ four.

Manchester United, champions in 1999, also have a maximum 12 points thanks to a 3-2 away win over Olympiakos Piraeus in Group F, although they needed a late Paul Scholes goal after throwing away a 2-0 lead.

Last year’s runners-up Bayer Leverkusen continued their recovery with a second successive victory over Maccabi Haifa, 2-1 this time, to go second behind United on six points. Olympiakos and Maccabi both have three.

Juventus saw their lead in Group E wiped out as they lost 1-0 at Newcastle United after defender Andy Griffin got the English club’s first goal and first points of the competition.

Juve remain on seven points along with Dynamo Kiev, 2-0 home winners over Feyenoord. The Dutch have five points with Newcastle on three.

On Tuesday Real and Valencia gave away late equalisers to draw 2-2 with AEK Athens and Basel respectively while Arsenal surprisingly lost 2-1 at home to Auxerre. They all missed the opportunity of guaranteeing a place in the second phase.

WEST HAM WIN

A Paulo Di Canio penalty a minute from fulltime gave West Ham United a much-needed 1-0 English Premier League victory over Fulham at Loftus Road Wednesday.

The Italian striker converted his spot kick after Jermain Defoe was brought down by Zat Knight in the box, a challenge that earned the defender a red card.

It was a deserved victory for West Ham, who made most of the chances and had a Defoe goal ruled out for offside.

The win, West Ham’s third of the season, takes them up to 14th place on 11 points.

Fulham had been hoping to go fourth with a win but instead drop one place to eighth on 15 points.

The Champions League continues next Tuesday and Wednesday.

Results:

Newcastle United 1 Juventus 0

Dynamo Kiev 2 Feyenoord 0

Bayer Leverkusen 2 Maccabi Haifa 1

Olympiakos Piraeus 2 Man United 3

RC Lens 3 Deportivo Coruna 1

AC Milan 2 Bayern Munich 1

Club Bruges 3 Galatasaray 1

Barcelona 1 Lokomotiv Moscow 0

—Reuters