Fernando Torres, formerly of Madrid's city rivals Atletico, put the Reds ahead after 16 minutes before captain Steven Gerrard made it two from the penalty spot.

Gerrard scored a spectacular third seconds after the break to deflate Madrid further and substitute Andrea Dossena added a fourth with three minutes to go, handing Liverpool a 5-0 aggregate win.

Chelsea fought back twice to overcome Juventus and reach the quarter-finals, sealing a 3-2 aggregate win courtesy of a 2-2 draw.

The Blues went into the last-16 return leg with a one-goal advantage but that was soon wiped out by Vincenzo Iaquinta's 19th-minute strike.

But the visitors levelled in first-half stoppage time as Frank Lampard's shot came down off the underside of the bar for Michael Essien to bundle home.

Juventus restored its lead on the night when the Italian side were awarded a 74th-minute penalty for handball by Juliano Belletti and Alessandro Del Piero converted.

However, Chelsea battled back for a second time when Drogba prodded home a cross from Belletti in the 83rd minute to give the Blues a 3-2 aggregate win.

Bayern carried on where it left off two weeks ago, inflicting a 7-1 defeat on Sporting Lisbon to book its place in the last eight.

Leading 5-0 from the first leg, a double from Lukas Podolski and Anderson Polga's own goal put them 3-0 up on the night within 40 minutes before Joao Moutinho pulled one back in stunning fashion.

It was the briefest respite for Sporting, though, Bastian Schweinsteiger hitting an immediate reply, before Mark van Bommel, Miroslav Klose (pen) and Thomas Muller netted in the second half.

The result, 12-1 over the two legs, was a record aggregate winning margin for a post-group stage Champions League game, surpassing Lyon's 10-2 demolition of Werder Bremen in 2005.

Joseba Llorente's strike sealed Villarreal's place in the quarter-finals after a battling 2-1 victory over Panathinaikos in Athens.

Manuel Pellegrini's team, who went into the second leg of the first knockout round tie with the disadvantage of having conceded on home soil in the 1-1 draw two weeks ago, opened the scoring just after half-time through Ariel Ibagaza.

Vangelis Mantzios levelled the tie with his fourth goal in six matches before Llorente, who replaced Nihat Kahveci at half-time, drilled home Ibagaza's dinked pass to clinch a 3-2 aggregate victory for the Yellow Submarine.