Post by Taxigirl on Feb 26, 2004 11:18:30 GMT
There were contrasting fortunes for English sides in the UEFA Champions League as Chelsea beat Stuttgart in Germany, while Manchester United were beaten by Porto.
Porto came from a goal down to beat United 2-1 in their first game at their new home Estadio do Dragao with Roy Keane seeing red for the visitors.
Quinton Fortune gave United the perfect start with the opener after just 14 minutes, but Benni McCarthy levelled matters 15 minutes later with a superb volley from Dmitri Alenitchev's cross.
Both sides had chances to win the game, but McCarthy grabbed the crucial winner on 78 minutes with a towering header past Tim Howard.
Things got worse for United when Keane was sent off three minutes from time for appearing to stamp on Vitor Baia and he will now miss the return leg in two weeks at Old Trafford.
Chelsea took a giant step towards the quarter finals with a superb 1-0 win over Stuttgart at the Gottlieb-Daimler Stadium.
An unfortunate own goal from Fernando Meira after just 12 minutes was enough to maintain Chelsea's 100 percent away record in this season's Champions League and end the German's perfect record at home.
The result will lift the pressure on Claudio Ranieri and they will be confident of finishing the job at Stamford Bridge.
Deportivo La Coruna will take a narrow one-goal lead to Turin for their second leg tie with Juventus after a 1-0 win at La Riazor.
Albert Luque put his off-the-field problems behind him to net the only goal of the game on 36 minutes with a clinical volley after a mistake by Lilian Thuram.
Lyon picked up their first win on Spanish soil with a shock 1-0 victory over Real Sociedad at the Anoeta.
An own goal from Gabriel Schurrer on 18 minutes proved to be the difference between the two sides and put Lyon in the driving seat to reach the last eight.
Deportivo 1-0 Juventus
Porto 2-1 Man United
Real Sociedad 0-1 Lyon
Stuttgart 0-1 Chelsea
Porto came from a goal down to beat United 2-1 in their first game at their new home Estadio do Dragao with Roy Keane seeing red for the visitors.
Quinton Fortune gave United the perfect start with the opener after just 14 minutes, but Benni McCarthy levelled matters 15 minutes later with a superb volley from Dmitri Alenitchev's cross.
Both sides had chances to win the game, but McCarthy grabbed the crucial winner on 78 minutes with a towering header past Tim Howard.
Things got worse for United when Keane was sent off three minutes from time for appearing to stamp on Vitor Baia and he will now miss the return leg in two weeks at Old Trafford.
Chelsea took a giant step towards the quarter finals with a superb 1-0 win over Stuttgart at the Gottlieb-Daimler Stadium.
An unfortunate own goal from Fernando Meira after just 12 minutes was enough to maintain Chelsea's 100 percent away record in this season's Champions League and end the German's perfect record at home.
The result will lift the pressure on Claudio Ranieri and they will be confident of finishing the job at Stamford Bridge.
Deportivo La Coruna will take a narrow one-goal lead to Turin for their second leg tie with Juventus after a 1-0 win at La Riazor.
Albert Luque put his off-the-field problems behind him to net the only goal of the game on 36 minutes with a clinical volley after a mistake by Lilian Thuram.
Lyon picked up their first win on Spanish soil with a shock 1-0 victory over Real Sociedad at the Anoeta.
An own goal from Gabriel Schurrer on 18 minutes proved to be the difference between the two sides and put Lyon in the driving seat to reach the last eight.
Deportivo 1-0 Juventus
Porto 2-1 Man United
Real Sociedad 0-1 Lyon
Stuttgart 0-1 Chelsea