Real Madrid followed Barcelona out of the Champions League on Wednesday, as they lost their return leg in the round of 16 at Bayern Munich 2-1.
The eventful defeat -- in which Mark Von Bommel and Mahamadou Diarra were sent off -- saw Real being knocked out on the away goals rule as they won 3-2 in Madrid two weeks ago.
Also advancing to the quarter-finals on Wednesday were PSV Eindhoven, who held Arsenal to a 1-1 draw in London to advance 2-1 on aggregate and Manchester United, who beat Lille 1-0 for a 2-0 aggregate victory.
The final team to advance to the next round was AC Milan, who needed extra time to beat Celtic 1-0 and advance 1-0 on aggregate after the 90 minutes had ended goalless, as had the first match in Glasgow.
Brazilian striker Kaka scored the only goal of the game three minutes after the start of extra time with a little bit of brilliance as he covered virtually half the field before pushing the ball past Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc.
In Munich the first goal was put away by Roy Makaay after just 10.02 seconds, creating a new record in the tournament.
Real kicked off in the packed Allianz Arena but veteran Roberto Carlos clumsily gave the ball away to Hasan Salihamidzic, who centered for Makaay to score with a deft low shot.
It was the first time that Bayern Munich had managed to advance to the next round of the Champions League after losing the first leg of a tie.
In Manchester, the home side struggled to find their way through a compact Lille defense and it took a 72nd Henrik Larsson header from a Cristiano Ronaldo cross to see United through to the quarter-finals 2-0 on aggregate.
In London, PSV Eindhoven's Brazilian striker Alex turned from villain to hero as he first scored an own goal for Arsenal in the 58th minute, but then scored with a header at the right end seven minutes from time to see his club through 2-1 on aggregate.
The game between AC Milan and Celtic finished goalless after 90 minutes and went into extra time.
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