Barcelona, Bremen claim notable comeback wins
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-02-23 09:10

Villarreal continue to impress in their debut season in Europe's elite competition, though they still have work to do after twice allowing Rangers back into the tie.

An inexplicable handball by Croatian striker Dado Prso allowed Juan Roman Riquelme to drive in an early penalty, the Scottish side levelling with a superb Peter Lovenkrands shot after 22 minutes.

Diego Forlan controversially sprung the offside trap to put Villarreal 2-1 up in the 35th minute then missed a sitter before Rangers were handed a lifeline eight minutes from time when Juan Manuel Pena deflected a cross into his own net.

In Tuesday's games Arsenal became the first English team ever to win in the Bernabeu stadium when they beat Real Madrid 1-0.

Benfica beat European champions Liverpool 1-0, Olympique Lyon won 1-0 at PSV Eindhoven and Bayern Munich and AC Milan drew 1-1 in Germany.

The second legs of all eight ties take place on March 7/8.