Chelsea lead English Europa League march

Chelsea led a trio of English clubs into the Europa League quarterfinals on Thursday after Tottenham Hotspur survived a thrilling Inter Milan fightback to advance on away goals and Newcastle United got a late winner.

Goals from Juan Mata, John Terry and Fernando Torres, who also missed a penalty, put European champions Chelsea through 3-1 on the night and 3-2 on aggregate after visiting Steaua Bucharest's Vlad Chiriches equalised on the stroke of halftime.

Spurs striker Emmanuel Adebayor pounced in extra time to score a vital away goal in their 4-1 second-leg defeat at the San Siro as they scraped past three-times European champions Inter after the nail-biting tie ended 4-4 on aggregate.

Newcastle United joined their Premier League rivals when Papiss Cisse headed the winning goal against big-spending Anzhi Mackhachkala with the last action of the game to take them through 1-0 after a goalless first leg.

Another wealthy Russian side, 2008 UEFA Cup winners Zenit St Petersburg, also went out to Basel 2-1 on aggregate despite a 1-0 win on the night after they had a late penalty saved against the Swiss team, who played the second half with 10 men.

Rubin Kazan fared better than their compatriots as they saw off Levante 2-0 in extra time to end Spanish interest in this season's competition.

Last-16 results: Chelsea: 3 bt Steaua Bucharest: 1. Chelsea win 3-2 on aggregate.

Fenerbahce: 1 drew Viktoria Plzen: 1. Fenerbahce win 2-1 on aggregate.

Girondins Bordeaux: 2 lt to Benfica: 3. Benfica win 4-2 on aggregate.

Lazio: 3 bt VfB Stuttgart: 1. Lazio win 5-1 on aggregate.

Newcastle United: 1 bt Anzhi Makhachkala: 0. Newcastle United win 1-0 on aggregate.

Inter Milan: 4 bt Tottenham Hotspur: 1. Tottenham Hotspur win on away goals after 4-4 on aggregate.

Rubin Kazan: 2 bt Levante: 0. Rubin Kazan win 2-0 on aggregate.

Zenit St Petersburg: 1 bt Basel: 0. Basel win 2-1 on aggregate.