Atletico Madrid 1-0 Liverpool: The Reds, lacking Fernando Torres and all-but out of the race for fourth in the Premier League, know their season could hang on their performance in the Spanish capital
Liverpool only make one change from the team that beat West Ham, Maxi Rodriguez (ex-Atletico) is out, while their hosts field ex-Premier League players Jose Antonio Reyes of Arsenal and Diego Forlan of Manchester United
Forlan claims the opening goal but, in truth, he is lucky to get a second bite at a bad header and his scuffed shot ricochets in off Pepe Reina, though the Reds know their own inept defending is culpable for the goal
The visitors go close soon after through Yossi Benayoun, who then has a second chance ruled out for offside, but the hosts look happy to play a frustrating, rather than pretty, game of football
The night is becoming a grind for Liverpool, given very little to feed on in a stadium where no English team has won, while Reina keeps them in the game with a fantastic right-handed save from Simao Sabrosa
The Reds pile forward in the second half and go close toward the end as Ryan Babel is inches from Steven Gerrard's cross but Atletico hold on to take a their lead to Anfield
Hamburg 0-0 Fulham: Under a manager with club success in Norway and national success with Switzerland, Fulham are exceeding expectations in Europe, having beaten Juventus 4-1 and Wolfsburg home and away
The Cottagers face a team with European pedigree in winger Ze Roberto and striker Ruud van Nistlerooy, while centre-half Jerome Boateng is likely on his way to Manchester City next season
Fulham's goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer has gone a stage further in the equivalent tournament of 2006 with Middlesbrough but has little to do in the first half despite Hamburg's dominance with the ball
The visitors are no strangers to keeping a tight defence, keeping clean sheets in their last four games, but Bobby Zamora, eight goals in Europe this season, is isolated up front and can't keep possession on his own
Clint Dempsey replaces Zamora, further restricting Fulham's attacking play but Hamburg are out of ideas, playing long balls to Van Nistlerooy, which Brede Hangeland and Aaron Hughes will mop up all night
They've seen off holders Shaktar Donetsk, drawn back four goals against Juve, and, though they don't have a goal against Hamburg, Fulham know that progress to the final will be in their hands at Craven Cottage
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