AC Milan, Chelsea and Lyon advanced to the quarterfinals of the European Champions League with victories at home last night.
Hernan Crespo beat American goalkeeper Tim Howard off a cross from Cafu in the 61st minute as AC Milan defeated Manchester United, 1-0, and advanced on 2-0 aggregate.
"It took a fantastic header from Crespo to decide it," Manchester United Manager Alex Ferguson said. "I'm disappointed to go out but we've gone out to a very good team."
Chelsea defeated Barcelona, 4-2, to advance on 5-4 aggregate after losing the opening leg in Spain, 2-1. John Terry's goal on a header in the 76th minute proved decisive.
The English Premier League leader took a 3-0 lead on goals by Eidur Gudjohnsen in the eighth minute, Frank Lampard in the 17th and Damien Duff in the 19th, but Barcelona's Ronaldinho converted a penalty kick in the 27th, then scored from 18 yards to pull the Spanish League leader to 3-2.
"We're into the next round, but there's still a long way to go in the competition," Terry said.
Defending French champion Lyon routed Werder Bremen, 7-2, to advance on 10-2 aggregate. Sylvain Wiltord scored three goals, Michael Essien added two, and Florent Malouda and Jeremy Berthod got one goal each. Johan Micoud and Valerien Ismael scored for the defending German champion.
-- From News Services
