Fulham fightback Juventus after goal from Old Lady striker David Trezeguet left Fulham needing four goals to win their Europa League clash against nine-man Juventus, but Fulham completed one of the most amazing comebacks in European football as they won the tie 4-1.
David Trezeguet slotted the ball home inside two minutes to leave an uphill struggle for Fulham who had lost the first leg 3-1, but Fulham hit back almost immediately through Bobby Zamora and then were given an advantage as Fabio Cannavaro was sent off for hauling down Zoltan Gera.
Zoltan Gera then netted the second goal to put Fulham back in the tie before the half and also bagged a spot-kick, after Diego's handball, to level things (4-4 on aggregate) just after the break. Clint Dempsey's clever chip past goalkeeper Antonio Chimenti then sealed an historic win, before Jonathan Zebina was the second Juve player to be sent off for kicking out at Damien Duff.
Sergio Aguero struck twice as Atletico Madrid were held to a 2-2 draw, but won an away-goals triumph over Sporting Lisbon.
All four goals in the second leg at the Estadio Jose Alvalade came in the first half, with Aguero twice putting Atletico ahead and Sporting hitting back through efforts from Liedson and Anderson Polga.
Dieudonne Mbokani scored the only goal of the game as Standard Liege completed a comfortable passage into the last eight with a 1-0 home win over Panathinaikos. Christian Gentner's late goal saw Wolfsburg complete the quarter-final line-up by virtue of a 2-1 extra-time win over Rubin Kazan. Alan Kasaev put Rubin ahead having been teed up by Alexander Bukharov, but Wolves substitute Obafemi Martins levelled with a diving header from close range.
The hosts were harshly denied a late winner when Edin Dzeko tapped in Sergei Ryzhikov's delivery but an erroneous offside flag against the crosser ensured an additional 30 minutes. And Gentner brilliantly swept home Martins' pass from the edge of the box with a minute remaining to ensure justice was done.
Liverpool kept alive their hopes of silverware this season with a 3-0 victory over Lille at Anfield. Captain Steven Gerrard's ninth-minute penalty gave them the ideal start, after Lucas Leiva had been fouled. Fernando Torres then struck twice in the second half - his first European goals for more than 11 months - to put his side into the quarter-finals. David Villa scored a hat-trick as Valencia advanced on away goals after a thrilling 4-4 draw against Werder Bremen. Valencia grabbed the lead after two minutes through Villa and Juan Manuel Mata made it 2-0 with just quarter of an hour gone. Hugo Almeida pulled a goal back for the hosts in the 26th minute before Villa grabbed his second just before the interval. Torsten Frings scored from the penalty spot in the 57th minute and Marko Marin made it 3-3 just five minutes later, but Villa completed his hat-trick in the 65th minute and Claudio Pizarro's strike six minutes from time was not enough for the home side. Hamburg claimed a thrilling 6-5 aggregate win over Anderlecht after a second leg which swung to and fro at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium. Leading 3-1 from the first leg, Hamburg extended their advantage through Jerome Boateng three minutes before half-time but were remarkably pegged back to 4-3 on aggregate as teenager Romelu Lukaku and Matias Suarez, from a penalty, struck before the interval. Marcell Jansen restored the German side's two-goal cushion but Anderlecht against responded, Lucas Biglia and Mbark Boussoufa's goals meaning Hamburg led only by virtue of the away-goals rule. Mladen Petric, though, scored 15 minutes from time to ease his side's nerves and earn them a quarter-final spot. Alan Kardec came off the bench to inflict last-minute heartbreak on Marseille as his late goal sent Benfica through 2-1. The game seemed destined for penalties after Maxi Pereira swiftly levelled following Mamadou Niang's 70th-minute opener. However, Kardec's last-gasp goal, just three minutes after coming on and his first for Benfica, put the Portuguese team through. There was further misery for Marseille when Hatem Ben Arfa was dismissed in stoppage time, seconds after coming on, for lashing out at the Benfica goalscorer.
