Champions League - Anderlecht 1 Leeds United 4

Leeds United stunned Anderlecht with a 3-0 half-time lead that they never looked like surrendering and took a place in the last eight of the Champions League.

The English side were angered by comments from Anderlecht that they were overrated and lucky after a 2-1 win for Leeds at Elland Road last week.

Riled in such a way, David O'Leary's side gave the Belgians a football lesson in a scintillating first half display that sealed a place in the last eight for Leeds.

According to Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, Leeds have produced the best results in Europe by any club so far this season and this was an opinion he produced before tonight's hammering of a side that lead the Belgian first division by five points.

Leeds took a deserved lead after a bright start as Mark Viduka carried the ball down the left wing to flick the ball across the face of goal for Smith to sweep his chance into the net.

Better was to follow when Viduka met a Dominic Matteo cross with a powerful header.

Smith put Leeds into dreamland in the 39th minute when David Batty threaded through a low pass into his run for a neat finish.

A quiet second half saw Danny Mills booked and he will miss the trip to Real Madrid in March but Anderlecht rallied in the 75th minute when Jan Koller rose to head wide of goalkeeper Nigel Martyn from a quickly taken free kick.

Leeds responded by winning a penalty to get back their 3 goal advantage.

Anderlecht captain Glen der Boeck pushed down on Viduka in the penalty area and Ian Harte converted the spot kick.

Real Madrid's 2-2 draw in Rome ensured that SS Lazio could not challenge Leeds for second place behind Real. However, all four teams now face two meaningless matches in this group.