Liverpool defeat Sparta Prague again
Leverkusen turn the game around by coming on as a substitute
Italian trio Atalanta, Milan and Roma secure their place along with Benfica and Marseille
West Ham achieved record victory
The draw for the quarterfinals will be held on Friday.
Liverpool, England, March 14 (Reuters) – Liverpool beat Sparta Prague 6-1 on Thursday to move into the Europa League quarter-finals with an 11-2 aggregate lead, but Bayer Leverkusen made a dramatic comeback and came from the brink of defeat to win against Qarabag. I tore it off.
Libapur Goals from Darwin Nunez, Bobby Clarke, Mohamed Salah and Kodi Gakpo gave them a 4-0 lead within 14 minutes.
Serbian striker Veljko Birmancevic pulled one back for the visitors before half-time, but Liverpool continued to dominate.
“It was up to us to decide how good the game was going to be and obviously we were enjoying our football and we had some great goals early on. From there it's going to be a difficult game. We'll see how we continue. It's like that,'' Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp told TNT Sports.
Leverkusen won 3-2 at home to Azerbaijan's Qarabag, with two stoppage-time goals from Patrik Schick securing a 5-4 aggregate victory and extending Leverkusen's unbeaten run to 37 games.
Brighton & Hove Albion tried to close the four-goal gap against AS Roma in vain as they could only win 1-0 at home, but Danny Welbeck's curler sealed the Italian side's total of 4-4. 1 victory was a consolation.
Roma manager Daniele De Rossi told Sky Sports Italia: “As I said before, no one would be willing to play with Roma in this tournament. It's going to be exciting.”
secured by atalanta struggled The Italian team won 2-1 at home against Portugal's Sporting, with Ademola Lookman and Gianluca Scamacca helping the home team turn things around and win 3-2 on aggregate.
AC Milan advanced to the quarterfinals with a good result. 3-1 They won 7-3 on aggregate against Slavia Prague after Slavia's Thomas Halls was sent off early in the game.
West Ham United thrashed Freiburg 5-0, their biggest win in a major European competition, and progressed to the last eight with a 5-1 aggregate win.
Olympique de Marseille eliminated Villarreal, the 2020-21 tournament winners, despite a valiant effort by the Spanish side, and although the Spanish side won 3-1, they defeated the French side 5-4 on aggregate. could not prevent victory.
Scottish side Rangers suffered their first home defeat against Portugal in a UEFA competition, losing 1-0 to Benfica and 3-2 on aggregate.
The draws for the Europa League quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will take place on Friday at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
(Reporting by Angelica Medina and Tommy Rand; Editing by Ed Osmond)
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