Goals galore as Chelsea, Milan and Lyon go through

Chelsea, Milan and Olympique Lyon booked their places in the Champions League quarter-finals after a goal bonanza by Europe's elite last night.

Chelsea qualified after a thriller at Stamford Bridge, taking a 3-0 lead inside the first 20 minutes before Ronaldinho replied twice ahead of the break and captain John Terry then headed home for 4-2 on the night to ensure a 5-4 aggregate win.

Milan repeated their 1-0 win over Manchester United a fortnight ago in the second leg of their knockout round tie, with Argentine striker Hernan Crespo again scoring the only goal of their game at the San Siro.

Lyon, who had already trounced Werder Bremen 3-0 in Germany, handed out an even bigger 7-2 hiding at the Stade Gerland.

Crespo booked Milan into the quarter-finals after heading a superb match-winner. He sealed a 2-0 aggregate win in the 61st minute with a looping header from a Cafu cross.

The striker, who is on loan from United's Premier League title rivals Chelsea, broke the deadlock after an open, closely-contested game in which United forwards Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo posed few threats.

Both sides were denied a first-half lead by the woodwork, with United winger Ryan Giggs raking a low shot onto the post and Milan's Brazilian playmaker Kaka rattling the crossbar.

Terry headed Londoners Chelsea into the quarter-finals with the decisive goal in a remarkable victory over Barcelona at Stamford Bridge.

The Chelsea centre back headed home a 76th-minute corner to send Jose Mourinho's team through after Barcelona had recovered from being 3-0 down to lead on the away goals rule.

Eidur Gudjohnsen, Frank Lampard and Damien Duff all scored in the first 19 minutes as the English Premier League leaders wiped out their 2-1 first leg deficit in superb style.

Primera Liga leaders Barcelona hit back with a Ronaldinho penalty and the Brazilian world player of the year improvised a brilliant second goal to give the visitors the edge until defender Terry's intervention settled an extraordinary tie.

Top scorers Lyon

Lyon moved spectacularly into the Champions League last eight with a thumping victory over Werder to wrap up a 10-2 aggregate win.

A Sylvain Wiltord hat-trick, a double by Mickael Essien and goals from Florent Malouda and Jeremy Berthod gave this season's top scorers in the competition a comfortable night.

Wiltord struck after eight minutes when he slotted past helpless Bremen goalkeeper Andreas Reinke and Essien got their second in the 17th minute with a left-foot drive from 20 metres.

Essien tucked home his second and Lyon's third after a defensive mix-up left him with a free run at Reinke and Wiltord grabbed his double by lifting the ball over the keeper.

Florent Malouda made the score 5-2 on the hour mark and Wiltord wrapped up his hat-trick four minutes later before Jeremy Berthod rounded off an easy win with a late penalty.

Johan Micoud and Valerien Ismael replied for Werder.

The second leg action continues with four more ties today, while Inter's game with Porto will be played on March 15 and the quarter-final draw held three days later at UEFA's Swiss headquarters.

Champions League - First KO round - 2nd legs

Quarter-finals:
First legs - April 5-6.
Second legs - April 12-13.

Semi-finals:
First legs - April 26-27.
Second legs - May 3-4.

Final: May 25, Istanbul.