Athletic Bilbao climbed up to fifth place in the Spanish Primera Liga with an uninspiring 1-0 win at home over bottom club Espanol.
An own goal by defender Jorge Andrade gave Liverpool a valuable 1-0 win over a toothless Deportivo Coruna.
The first legs of the quarter-finals will be played on March 23-24.\n\n
The England striker is upset by British media coverage of his faltering start at Real Madrid and has ruled out a quick return to Liverpool.
Real Madrid's reliance on their talisman Cristiano Ronaldo was more evident than ever on Tuesday as the Spanish and European champions meekly lost 1-0 at Espanyol in La Liga.
'I'm definitely not going to change, players have to know that when they face me that I have my own way of playing and that is dribbling, scoring goals and helping my team mates'
Depor's comfortable victory over AEK Athens means they can qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League even if they lose 1-0 to PSV Eindhoven away in their final match.\n\n
Spanish striker Raul scored twice in an impressive 3-1 victory.
25-year-old Pablo Carral grabbed David Beckham's wayward penalty in England's Euro 2004 quarter-final against Portugal.
The defending champions suffered an extraordinary 4-1 away defeat in the Spanish League.\n\n
Reigning champions Real Madrid took advantage of Valencia's defeat against Deportivo to move up to second.
Barcelona's stuttering title bid suffered another setback when they lost 2-1 at home to Valencia on Sunday, while Atletico Madrid moved level on points with the La Liga leaders after a comfortable win over Granda.
Brazilian forward Derlei Silva scored a second-half penalty to send Porto into the final with a 1-0 aggregate victory over Deportivo Coruna.
The German champions said they had reached agreement with Deportivo Coruna and last season's Spanish first division top scorer would sign a four-year contract.
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