Manchester United's Henrik Larsson (fourth right) celebrates scoring against Lille with teammates during their Champions League first knockout round, secondleg match in Manchester yesterday. United won 1-0 and advanced to the next round on a 2-0 aggregate. - Reuters LONDON (Reuters):
BAYERN MUNICH, AC Milan, Manchester United and PSV Eindhoven booked their places in the Champions League quarter-finals yesterday, dashing English hopes of making European football history.
Bayern stormed back from a 3-2 defeat in Spain to beat Real 2-1 on the night and qualify on the away goals rule after a 4-4 aggregate, while United beat Lille 1-0 at Old Trafford for a 2-0 aggregate win, ending an acrimonious knockout round tie.
PSV drew 1-1 at Arsenal, their defender Alex scoring an own goal and then the vital late equaliser to secure a 2-1 win over the two legs and deny England the chance of becoming the first country to put four clubs into the last eight.
Milan needed extra time to get past Celtic as their Brazilian playmaker Kaka scored a fine winner in the 93rd minute after the teams had been goalless for 180 minutes.
Bayern, United, Milan and PSV will join 2005 winners Liverpool, Chelsea, AS Roma and Valencia, who all qualified on Tuesday, in the quarter-final and semi-final draw tomorrow.
Both last year's finalists are out, however, as runners-up Arsenal join Barcelona, knocked out by Liverpool, on the sidelines.
Bayern's triumph was a classic encounter between two European heavyweights and the tone was set when Dutch striker Roy Makaay put the Germans ahead after 10 seconds - the fastest goal in Champions League history.
Bayern created and missed a host of chances before Lucio headed the second in the 66th minute but a penalty converted by Real's Dutch forward Ruud van Nistelrooy made for a pulsating finish, marred by two red cards.
Dismissed
Bayern's Mark van Bommel and Real's Mahamadou Diarra were dismissed after receiving second yellow cards as they jostled before Nistelrooy took the spot kick.
The result extended nine-time champions Real's appalling record in Germany, where they have now won only one of 21 European matches.
Manchester United's Swedish on-loan striker Henrik Larsson, playing his last competitive homegame for them before returning to his native Helsingborg, headed their winner 18 minutes from the end of a dour game.
United will certainly be glad to see the back of a tie that was dogged by animosity since their controversial winner against Lille in Lens two weeks ago.
The French team's players appeared to walk off the pitch in protest at Ryan Giggs's quickly-taken free kick and their club appealed unsuccessfully to UEFA while United were unhappy with the way their fans were treated.
The two managers have exchanged barbs, with United's Alex Ferguson accusing Lille of adding to an already inflammatory situation with their behaviour since the game in France.
