Fulham send Shakhtar packing

Former European championsLiverpoolandJuventusprogressed to the last 16 andWerder Bremenstriker Claudio Pizarro scored a hat-trick as his side went through with a 4-1 win over former England manager Steve McLaren’s Twente Enschede.

Sixteen-year-old Romelu Lukaku setAnderlechton the way to a 4-0 win overAthletic Bilbao, one of two Spanish sides to suffer a heavy defeat asVillarreallost 4-1 atVfL Wolfsburg.

However, Diego Forlan’s 90th-minute goal gaveAtletico Madrida 2-1 victory atGalatasaryto send them through 3-2 on aggregate andValenciabeatClub Bruges3-0 for a 3-1 aggregate win.

Shakhtar coach Mircea Lucescu, whose team were 2-1 behind from the first leg, had billed their tie with Fulham as a duel between his side’s “spectacular and skilful” football and what he described as the English team’s more physical approach.

The Ukrainians, who won the final UEFA Cup last season before it was rebranded as the Europa League, had 14 shots to Fulham’s two in the first half but it was the visitors who went ahead with a Brede Hangeland header.

German clubs scored a double over Dutch rivals as Werder Bremen’s success over Twente was matched by Hamburg SV who eliminated PSV Eindhoven.

Hamburg SVlost 3-2 on Thursday but went through on away goals after a 3-3 aggregate draw againstPSVon an eventful night for the Dutch team’s Balasz Dzsudzsak, who scored and was later sent off for pushing the referee.