March 14, 2008	Friday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 5, 1429

LONDON, March 13: PSV Eindhoven relinquished Juande Ramos’s hold on the UEFA Cup after the Dutch league leaders knocked out his Tottenham Hotspur side in a penalty shootout to reach the quarter-finals on Wednesday.

The Spanish coach had guided Sevilla to back-to-back triumphs in 2006 and 2007 but Spurs bowed out after Pascal Chimbonda fired his spot-kick wide to hand PSV a 6-5 win in the shootout.

Spurs, with a Dimitar Berbatov goal, had won 1-0 after extra time at the Philips stadium to finish 1-1 on aggregate.

Premier League rivals Everton also lost on penalties to Fiorentina while competition favourites Bayern Munich eased through 6-2 on aggregate against Anderlecht, despite suffering a first home defeat of the season in any competition after the Belgians restored some pride with a 2-1 victory.

Bayer Leverkusen, Zenit St Petersburg and Getafe also advanced to the last eight.

Bayern Munich coach Ottmar Hitzfeld handed a number of fringe players a start against Anderlecht having routed the Belgians 5-0 in the first leg.

Defender Lucio extended Bayern’s advantage with an early goal but to their credit, Anderlecht battled back to win the game with strikes from Serhat Akin and Oleksandr Yakovenko.

Former winners Bayer Leverkusen dumped out Bundesliga rivals Hamburg SV in a thrilling second-leg tie, which they lost 3-2 but went through on away goals.

Separated by just one place and one point in the Bundesliga, fourth-placed Leverkusen struck first against third-placed Hamburg with a 19th-minute goal from Sergej Barbarez.

The Bosnian forward, who spent six years with Hamburg before joining Leverkusen in 2006, redirected a free kick from Tranquillo Barnetta past Frank Rost to leave the home side up against it.

Substitute Piotr Trochowski gave them hope with a 53rd-minute equaliser but Greek striker Fanis Gekas, the first-leg matchwinner, replied immediately.

Paolo Guerrero equalised with 25 minutes remaining and in a late rally Dutch midfielder Rafael van der Vaart struck with nine minutes left, but Hamburg could not get another and bowed out.

Results:

Last 16 second-leg:

Zenit St Petersburg 2 Olympique Marseille 0 (3-3 on aggregate, Zenit won on away goals rule)

Hamburg SV 3 Bayer Leverkusen 2 (3-3 on aggregate, Bayer Leverkusen won on away goals rule)

Bayern Munich 1 Anderlecht 2

(Bayern Munich won 6-2 on aggregate)

Getafe 1 Benfica 0 (Getafe win 3-1 on aggregate)

Everton 2 Fiorentina 0 (2-2 on aggregate, Fiorentina won 4-2 on penalties)

PSV Eindhoven 0 Tottenham Hotspur 1(1-1 on aggregate, PSV Eindhoven won 6-5 on penalties).—Reuters