Barca out despite 1-0 win at Liverpool

Barcelona's reign as European champions ended last night when their 1-0 victory over Liverpool meant their first knockout round tie ended 2-2 on aggregate with Liverpool advancing to the last eight on the away goals rule.

Valencia clinched a place in the quarter-finals with a classic "catenaccio" performance when they held Inter to a 0-0 draw but Roma denied Lyon a fourth consecutive Champions League quarter-final spot when they beat the five-times French champions 2-0 away.

In London, Germany midfielder Michael Ballack volleyed Chelsea into the next round in a stirring 2-1 comeback victory over Porto.

The only goal of a tumultuous night of end-to-end football at Anfield came when Eidur Gudjohnsen rounded Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina after 75 minutes to slot the ball into an empty net four minutes after coming on as a substitute for Lilian Thuram. That squared the tie at 2-2 following Liverpool's 2-1 win at the Nou Camp two weeks ago.

Barcelona were attempting to become the first team for 11 years to overturn a first leg home defeat and qualify for the next round and they might have done so if Ronaldinho had scored rather than hit the post with Reina well beaten after 53 minutes.

However, Liverpool hit the bar twice in the first half through John Arne Riise after 11 minutes and Momo Sissoko after 32 minutes as they dominated the first half and Barcelona can have few complaints about the result.

Having drawn 2-2 in the first leg at the San Siro, the 0-0 result was enough to put Valencia, who reached back-to-back finals in 2000 and 2001, through on the away goals rule.

Victory in the tie gave Valencia some measure of revenge for their previous defeats at the hands of the Italians who knocked them out of the UEFA Cup in 2002 and the Champions League the following season.

Scoring chances were few and far between in a game that developed into a tactical battle in midfield and was dominated by two well organised defences with Valencia centre-halves Roberto Ayala and Raul Albiol outstanding at the back.

Lyon, who had not lost any of their 18 previous home games in European club soccer's premier event, fell behind on 22 minutes with a powerful header by Roma captain Francesco Totti from a Max Tonetto cross.

Brazilian midfielder Mancini sealed the Italians' place in the last eight with a superb goal just before half-time, racing into the box from a swift counter-attack and twisting his way past Lyon defender Anthony Reveillere to fire into the top corner.

Roma, featuring in the knockout phase of the Champions League for the first time, had been held to a 0-0 draw by Lyon in the first leg at the Stadio Olimpico.

With the knockout round tie deadlocked at 1-1 after the first leg two weeks ago, Porto soaked up all the early pressure at Stamford Bridge and took a surprise 15th minute lead through striker Ricardo Quaresma.

Chelsea equalised through Dutch winger Arjen Robben three minutes into the second half and Ballack smashed in a 79th minute winner to secure a 3-2 aggregate victory for the English champions.

It will have been a particularly sweet victory for Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, who coached Porto to the Champions League trophy in 2004 before moving to Stamford Bridge.