spending Real Madrid was knocked out of the Champions League by Lyon Wednesday and Manchester United spoiled David Beckham's return to Old Trafford with a 4-0 victory over AC Milan. Madrid was held 1-1 at home by Lyon which meant it went out 2-1 on aggregate. In Manchester, two more goals by Wayne Rooney – who also scored twice in the first leg in Milan and now has 30 league and cup goals this season – helped United triumph 7-2 overall and join Arsenal and Bayern Munich in the quarterfinals. Nine-time European champion Madrid spent $250 million ($340 million) on new players to try and win the trophy for the first time since 2002 and wiped out Lyon's 1-0 first-leg lead within six minutes of the kickoff. A long pass by Jose Maria “Guti” Gutierrez' released Cristiano Ronaldo down the left and the winger fired an angled shot through the legs of goalkeeper Hugo Lloris. It should have been 2-0 in the 26th when Gonzalo Higuain got clear and rounded the goalkeeper but fired against the post when faced by an empty net. Jean II Makoun, who scored Lyon's spectacular goal in the first leg, squandered a rare chance for the visitor when a cross found him unmarked in front of goal as he miskicked the ball from 10 meters out. Sidney Govou missed a similar chance early in the second half but Miralem Pjanic made it 1-1 in the 75th minute when he got clear down the left and fired past goalkeeper Iker Casillas. Madrid then needed two more goals to avoid going out, but surprisingly took off one of its big signings, Kaka, and replaced him with veteran striker Raul Gonzalez. At Old Trafford, Rooney scored United's first two and Park Ji-sung and Darren Fletcher added two more to send United into the last eight. It was 3-0 by the time Beckham went on as a substitute to a big ovation from the United fans and the former England captain, on loan to Milan from the Los Angeles Galaxy, could do little to stop his team going out of the competition. The results meant that Madrid and Milan, winners of 16 titles between them in European football's biggest competition, are out early yet again. Burnley misses chance Burnley remained in the Premier League relegation zone after a 1-1 draw at home to Stoke City Wednesday earned it its first point in five games. Burnley is third from bottom with 24 points from 29 games, behind Wolverhampton Wanderers on goal difference.
