Welbeck double helps Arsenal past Milan, Dortmund dumped out
PARIS:
Borussia Dortmund bowed out of the tournament, though, with a tame goalless draw in Austria sealing their fate.
After falling to a shock 2-1 loss in the first leg at home, the German giants failed to break down their stubborn opponents, who will play in the last eight of a continental competition for the first time since losing the 1994 UEFA Cup final to Inter Milan.
CSKA Moscow stunned last season’s semi-finalists Lyon, with a 3-2 victory in France ending the Ligue 1 club’s hopes of reaching May’s final at their own Groupama Stadium.
The Russian away side wiped out Lyon’s first-leg one- goal lead before half-time through Aleksandr Golovin, although Maxwel Cornet equalized for Bruno Genesio’s hosts.
But two goals in five minutes swung the tie in CSKA’s favor, as Ahmed Musa struck on the hour mark and Pontus Wernbloom made it 3-2 on aggregate.
Mariano Diaz gave Lyon hope, but CSKA held on to progress on away goals.
Favorites Atletico cruise through
Earlier on Thursday, Fernando Torres scored twice as Atletico Madrid romped to a 5-1 Europa League thrashing of Lokomotiv Moscow in Russia to complete a resounding victory.
Diego Simeone’s side wrapped up an 8-1 win on aggregate to book a place in Friday’s quarter- final draw.
Elsewhere, Marseille continued their Arsenal’s English striker Danny Welbeck (right-top) scores the team’s third goal during the UEFA Europa League round of 16 second-leg football match between Arsenal and AC Milan at the Emirates Stadium in London on Friday. excellent run with a comfortable 5-2 aggregate victory over Athletic Bilbao to reach a European quarterfinals for the first time since the 2011-12 Champions League.
“We have to admit that Marseille were superior in both matches,” said Bilbao coach Jose Angel Ziganda.
“We weren’t able to put doubts in their minds, which is what we wanted to do.”
But the match was marred as visiting fans attacked and injured two security guards in the city, just three weeks after an officer died during an unrelated bout of fan violence before Bilbao’s tie with Spartak Moscow.
A spokesman for the Ertzaintza, the Basque Country’s regional police, said a guard was injured in the neck with“a sharp object”.
Lazio joined Rudi Garcia’s Marseille in the last eight after a 2-0 win at Dynamo Kiev brushed off the disappointment of last week’s home draw.
RB Leipzig edged into the quarterfinals as they continued their debut European season with a 3-2 aggregate win over Zenit St Petersburg, despite out- of-form Germany striker Timo Werner missing a late penalty in Russia.
Rodrigo Battaglia sent Sporting Lisbon into the quarters for the first time in six years as the Argentinian struck in extra time to see off a spirited Viktoria Plzen in the Czech Republic.