FC Porto of Portugal joined Barcelona and Manchester United in the last eight of the European Champions League as the second phase in Pool A wrapped up last night.

A brilliant individual goal from Ferreira Cruz Clayton gave 1987 champions Porto a 1-0 win at Germany's Hertha Berlin, who were already eliminated although even defeat would have been good enough for Porto since pool winners Barcelona beat Sparta Prague 2-1 in the Czech Republic with two goals from Gabri.

The goal of the night was in Berlin. Clayton received the ball from on the left side of midfield and beat three tackles from a retreating German defence before finishing with the outside of his left foot, ensuring the Portuguese side go through alongside Group A winners Barcelona.

They had Gabri to thank for two quality second half goals after Zdenek Svoboda had put the Czechs ahead before the interval.

Last week Prague had kept their hopes alive with an equaliser in the fourth minute of injury time at Porto but immediately took control of this match.

Barcelona have been the most impressive qualifiers in this tournament but it was easy to tell which of the two teams needed to win this match.

World player of the year Rivaldo was replaced by coach Louis Van Gaal at the interval but Barcelona overcame the loss of their Brazilian star by equalising after 52 minutes.

And with a minute remaining Gabri struck his second from the edge of the box.