Chelsea 1-1 Valencia: The home fans welcome their side onto the pitch for the first leg of their quarter final And Chelsea are unlucky not to be awarded an early penalty when Andriy Shevchenko is flattened by Roberto Ayala But Stamford Bridge is silenced when David Silva unleashes a left-foot 30-yard shot past Petr Cech into the top corner Didier Drogba restores parity after the break, latching onto Ashley Cole's punt to nod in his 30th goal of the season Joe Cole receives a standing ovation on his return for the first time since November, but he cannot help find a winner Roma 2-1 Man Utd: Cristiano Ronaldo is his usual industrious self for United, but Roma enjoy the better of the opening Cristian Chivu curls a free-kick just past Edwin van der Sar's left upright, leaving United's keeper rooted to the spot And the evening gets worse for United when Paul Scholes is dismissed for a second bookable offence before half time There is still time for Rodrigo Taddei to put Roma ahead via a deflection off Wes Brown before the interval Wayne Rooney scores a vital away goal for United, turning in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's cross to level the tie Mirko Vucinic restores the Italian's lead seven minutes later though after Van Der Sar parries Mancini's shot
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