Barca, Liverpool, Roma crash out

Barcelona, AS Roma and Liverpool were dumped out of the UEFA Cup after a dramatic evening of fourth-round, second leg matches on Thursday. B...

Barcelona, AS Roma and Liverpool were dumped out of the UEFA Cup after a dramatic evening of fourth-round, second leg matches on Thursday. Barcelona were held to a 0-0 draw by Scotland’s Celtic, Roma beat unfashionable Spanish side Villarreal 2-1 but lost the tie 3-2 on aggregate and Liverpool’s season took another turn for the worse when they lost 2-1 at Olympique Marseille.

Inter Milan restored Italian pride by beating Benfica 4-3 to reach the last eight, where they were joined by Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven, French team Girondins Bordeaux and England’s Newcastle United. The match between Valencia of Spain and Turkey’s Genclerbirligi went into extra time, after which Valencia pulled off their win.

Marseille vs liverpool

Marseille came out on top in a battle of former European champions against Liverpool, recovering from conceding an early goal to win 2-1 and knock the English side out 3-2 on aggregate. England striker Emile Heskey gave Liverpool an early lead but the visitors, winners in 2001, were reduced to 10 men when Croatian defender Igor Biscan was sent off for tugging back Marseille striker Steve Marlet. Didier Drogba converted the resulting penalty seven minutes before halftime and Aboudlaye Meite’s towering header just before the hour mark earned his team a place in the last eight.

AS Roma vs Villarreal

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Villarreal, who have battled through the competition from the Intertoto Cup, looked to be heading out when goals by Roma’s Emerson and Antonio Cassano levelled the tie at 2-2 on aggregate. But Brazilian forward Sonny Anderson claimed an away goal for the Spaniards midway through the second half and Villarreal withstood late pressure.

Barcelona vs celtic

The Scottish champions-elect weathered intense pressure from Barcelona at the Nou Camp to claim a 0-0 draw that took them through 1-0 on aggregate.

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