Braga shock for Liverpool

Dynamo Kiev stun big-spending Manchester City; Ajax lose

Twice European champions Porto won 1-0 at CSKA Moscow in another of the round-of-16 first leg ties and Benfica completed an excellent night for Portugal with a 2-1 win over visiting Paris St Germain.

Former AC Milan and Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko set Dynamo Kiev on the way to a 2-0 home win over big-spending Manchester City and wasteful Ajax Amsterdam were beaten 1-0 at home by Spartak Moscow.

Brazil striker Nilmar came off the bench to score twice, including a stoppage-time winner, in Villarreal's 3-2 triumph at Bayer Leverkusen on a night when South Americans were very much in evidence.

Braga dominated the first half against visitors Liverpool and Portuguese Alan converted his spot kick in the 18th minute after defender Sotiris Kyrgiakos tripped Brazilian Mossoro.

CSKA, playing their 11th match in this season's competition, slumped to their first defeat after a superb effort from Porto's Colombian midfielder Fredy Guarin who turned his marker and scored from 25 metres in the 70th minute.

In Lisbon, Uruguayan Maxi Pereira and Argentine Franco Jara were on target as Benfica came from behind against Paris St Germain, Peguy Luyindula having put the French side ahead.

Shevchenko, 34, looked as sharp as ever when he turned in Andriy Yarmolenko's inviting cross in the 25th minute to put Dynamo Kiev ahead against Roberto Mancini's team.  Oleh Gusev increased the Ukrainians' lead 13 minutes from time.

Brazil striker Nilmar came off the bench in the 69th minute for Villarreal at Leverkusen and scored within a minute to put his team 2-1 ahead.   Gonzalo Castro levelled for the Bundesliga team two minutes later, only for Nilmar to break clear in the fourth minute of added time to slot home the winner.

Michal Kadlec had fired Leverkusen ahead with a 30-metre shot before Giuseppe Rossi replied for Spain's last survivors as the first-half ended 1-1. Four-times European champions Ajax wasted a host of chances, with Siem de Jong the main culprit, before Alex, another Brazilian, snatched an opportunist goal for Spartak in the 57th.

Twente Enschede, however, had no trouble beating 2008 UEFA Cup winners Zenit St Petersburg in another Dutch-Russian clash, with two goals from Luuk de Jong and one from Denny Landzaat giving them a 3-0 win.

PSV Eindhoven completed a night of mixed fortunes for the Dutch when they were held 0-0 at home by Rangers. A glaring second-half miss by PSV's Marcelo, who headed wide with the goal at his mercy, was the closest either side came to a goal.