Spurs out on pens, Chelsea through

Heartbreak ... Tottenham are knocked out of the Europa League on penalties. Source: Georgios Kefalas / AFP

Chelsea were the only Barclays Premier League side to reach the semi-finals of the Europa League, as Tottenham Hotspur endured penalty shootout heartbreak and Newcastle United were beaten by Basel.

Ten-man Tottenham crashed out of the UEFA Europa League after going out 4-1 on penalties to Basel on a dramatic night at St. Jakob Park.

It has finished 2-2 on the night and 4-4 on aggregate after extra-time, but Tom Huddlestone and Emmanuel Adebayor missed in the shoot-out to send the north Londoners out at the quarter-final stage.

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Clint Dempsey's opener was cancelled out by Mohamed Salah before Aleksandar Dragovic gave the Swiss side the lead early in the second half.

However, American Dempsey restored parity with seven minutes remaining before Jan Vertonghen was shown a straight red card in the final minute for bringing down Marco Streller.

The extra 30 minutes failed to produce a goal despite Mohamed Elneny coming closest when he struck the woodwork

Chelsea advanced to the semi-finals with a 5-4 aggregate win over Rubin Kazan despite suffering a 3-2 defeat in Moscow.

The Blues, who held a 3-1 advantage from the first leg at Stamford Bridge, twice took the lead at the Luzhniki Stadium through Fernando Torres and Victor Moses, but second-half goals from Ivan Marcano and Gokdeniz Karadeniz and a Bibras Natkho penalty 15 minutes from time handed the Russians victory on the night

Newcastle bowed out 4-2 on aggregate to Benfica after a 1-1 draw at St James Park.

Papiss Cisse's second half goal reduced the arrears in the tie, but Eduardo Salvio's injury-time strike ended Newcastle's hopes of pulling off a comeback victory.

Cisse also had two goals rightly ruled out for offside as the home side battled to overturn their 3-1 deficit from the first-leg in Portugal, but Benfica did enough to reach the last four.

In the non-English tie, Turkish giants Fenerbahce held off Italian side Lazio to book their spot in the semi-finals.

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