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PSV in last eight

LONDON: PSV Eindhoven relinquished Juande Ramos’s hold on the UEFA Cup after the Dutch league leader knocked out his Tottenham Hotspur side in a penalty shootout to reach the quarterfinals 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.

Everton exits

Spurs’ Premier League rival Everton also lost on penalties to Fiorentina while competition favourite 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.

The results (Last 16, second leg):

Zenit St. Petersburg 2 (Pogrebnyak 39, 78) bt Marseille 0. 3-3 on aggregate but St. Petersburg wins on away goals rule.

Hamburg SV 3 (Trochowski 53, Guerrero 64, van der Vaart 80) bt Bayer Leverkusen (GER) 2 (Barbarez 18, Gekas 55). 3-3 on aggregate. Leverkusen wins on away goals rule.

Bayern Munich 1 (Lucio 9) lost to Anderlecht (BEL) 2 (Akin 20, Iakovenko 35). Bayern wins 6-2.

Everton 2 (Johnson 16, Arteta 67) bt Fiorentina 0 aet. 2-2 on aggregate, Fiorentina wins 4-2 on penalties.

PSV Eindhoven 0 lost to Tottenham 1 (Berbatov 81) aet. 1-1 on aggregate, PSV win 6-5 on penalties.

Getafe 1 (Albin 78) bt Benfica 0. Getafe wins 3-1. — Agencies

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