Sevilla have dumped Manchester United out of the Champions League after a 2-1 victory in their second-leg last 16 tie at Old Trafford.
The Spanish outfit progressed to the quarter-finals with goals from substitute Wissam Ben Yedder in the 74th and 78th minutes while Romelu Lukaku replied for the Red Devils. The first leg ended goalless in Seville.
In Italy, Edin Dzeko scored for Roma to secure a 1-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk to send them through on the away goals rule (2-2 on aggregate).
Romelu Lukaku pulled one back for the Red Devils with six minutes remaining, but it was too little, too late for United to rally after 170 minutes of deadlock.
Despite a confidence-boosting victory over Liverpool on Saturday, the hosts reverted to the cautious approach which restricted them to a goalless draw in Spain last month.
An earlier away goal would have forced United to change tact and Joaquin Correacame close when he glanced Ever Banega's corner just over the crossbar at the near post.
Sevilla continued to create half-chances but the toothlessness of Luis Muriel, who also missed a golden opportunity in the first leg, hindered them more than once, and it was his replacement who was the Sevilla hero.
Ben Yedder finally broke the stalemate on 74 minutes, only 88 seconds after being called upon off the bench, escaping the attenton of Eric Bailly and rifling into the bottom corner from Pablo Sarabia's pass.
That strike left United needing two, because of their failure to score an away goal, and their task was made even more difficult four minutes later when Ben Yedder turned the ball home from Correa's near-post flick-on. David de Gea pushed the header onto the crossbar, but it dropped down and back over the line.
Jose Mourinho's side briefly threatened another famous European comeback when Lukaku finished emphatically from close-range following a corner, but Chris Smalling and Anthony Martial missed late chances as United's first Champions League knockout campaign in four years came to a disappointing end.
Line Ups:
MAN UNITED (4-2-3-1): De Gea; Valencia (Mata, 77'), Bailly, Smalling, Young; Matic, Fellaini (Pogba, 60); Alexis, Lingard (Martial, 77'), Rashford, Lukaku
SEVILLA (4-2-3-1): Rico; Mercado, Kjaer, Lenglet, Escudero; N'Zonzi, Banega, Sarabia, Vazquez (Pizarro, 88'), Correa (Geis, 89'); Muriel (Ben Yedder, 72')
ROMA
Dzeko sends Roma into Champions League quarter-finals
Roma reached the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in 10 years as Edin Dzeko edged them past Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 at the Stadio Olimpico on Tuesday for an away goals victory.
The Bosnian striker’s 52nd-minute goal proved enough after a 2-1 first-leg loss in Ukraine, with 10-man Shakhtar failing to find the late strike they needed after Ivan Ordets was sent off.
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