Chinese soccer star Sun Xiang was of great help to PSV Eindhoven in getting past Arsenal with an aggregate 2-1 victory, allowing PSV to accede to the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday alongside Italy's AC Milan, England's Manchester United and Bayern Munich of Germany.

Eindhoven ousted Premiership powerhouse Arsenal on Wednesday after a 1-1 draw at the Emirates Stadium was sufficient to send the Dutch side to the next round thanks to a 2-1 aggregate score.

The win marks a measure of revenge for the Dutch who were unceremoniously dumped out of the tournament by the Londoners in 2004.

With Arsenal hero Thierry Henry benched for the game, manager Arsene Wenger elected to play Fredrik Ljungberg upfront. The home side played hard to secure the saving goal but was unable to find their way past a dogged PSV defense.

The stalemate was finally broken in the 57th minute when PSV defender Alex turned the ball into his own net. Baying for blood, Arsenal poured forward, looking to kill the game off.

Koeman's men continued to ward off any attacks until Chinese star Sun Xiang came off the bench and quickly secured a free kick which turned Alex from zero to hero as he buried his shot in the 83rd minute.

Accompanying PSV to the last eight will be AC Milan and Manchester United who respectively saw off Scotland's Glasgow Celtic and France's Lille.

Bayern Munich also went through on away goals after seeing off Spain's Real Madrid 4-4.
 
They will round out the quarter-finals which have already welcome Valencia, AS Roma and Premiership duo Liverpool and Chelsea. 

(CRI March 8, 2007)