Barcelona and Shakhtar Donetsk were joined by two more teams into the Champions League quarter finals yesterday and there was also Premiership action at Goodison Park. Tottenham returned to White Hart Lane last night with a 1-0 aggregate lead over AC Milan. After viewing Arsenal's departure from the night before, Harry Redknapp vowed to attack Milan and put the tie to bed. That wasn't quite the case although they did shoot more than Arsenal did (although that wasn't particularly hard). But, in truth, AC Milan looked the more dangerous and came very close in the first half but Robinho's deflected, scuffed shot was blocked off the line by Gallas. Despite Milan's countless attacks, Tottenham held on and managed to grind out a goalless draw to see that they progress into the quarter finals.
In Germany, Shalke hosted Valencia with the first leg finishing 1-1 in the Mestalla. Valencia equalled the away goal by breaking the deadlock with Ricardo Costa scoring after seventeen minutes, making it 2-1 on aggregate. Jefferson Farfan equalised on both accounts five minutes from half-time to produce the only scoreline that would bring extra time. But extra time wasn't going to be needed as Shalke took the lead seven minutes after the restart through Mario Gavranovic. Shalke guaranteed their quarter final slot in injury time with Farfan scoring his second of the night.
Back in the Premiership, Everton entertained Birmingham in the latest rescheduled match. Birmingham took the lead after seventeen minutes with Jean Beausejour heading the ball home. But Everton earned themselves a point and equalised ten minutes before half-time with Johnny Heitinga getting the goal. The draw sees Birmingham move out of the relegation zone by goal difference but still have a game in hand over the rest of their rivals, although it is against Chelsea. Everton move up to ninth, providing the meat in a Tyne-Wear sandwich, a point ahead of Newcastle but a point behind Sunderland.
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