Zenit St Petersburg and Middlesbrough dented the UEFA Cup hopes of Olympique Marseille and tournament favourites AS Roma.
Chelsea snatched an injury-time winner and a 2-1 victory over Everton in their League Cup semi-final first leg.
Everton have dropped Nigeria's Yakubu Aiyegbeni for Saturday's home match against Reading after his late return from the African Nations Cup, the Premier league club said on Friday.
Premier League Middlesbrough edged past third division Bristol City on sudden death penalties after a 2-2 draw in their FA Cup fourth-round replay on Tuesday.
Images from the EPL matches being played over the weekend.
Everton beat Portsmouth 3-1 at Goodison Park to move back into fourth place in the English Premier League.
Former Everton, Manchester United and Sunderland manager Moyes, who replaced the sacked Slaven Bilic, has a track record of turning to a good old-fashioned No. 9 to grind out results.
