Liverpool beat Sparta Prague 1-0 to squeeze through, whilst Napoli exited the competition after conceding two late goals to go down 2-1 to Villarreal on the night and on aggregate.
In the night’s other big games, Lille went down 3-1 at PSV to exit the tournament, Ajax cruised to a 2-0 win over Anderlecht and Zenit St. Petersburg came back from 3-1 down to beat Young Boys 4-3 on aggregate. Rubin Kazan came from a 2-0 home leg defeat to Twente to lead 2-0 in Holland, but the home side scored twice to progress.
