UCL: Barca stun PSG in history-making encounter to reach Q/finals

In a dramatic comeback on Wednesday night, Spanish giants Barcelona walloped their Champions League last-16 opponent, Paris Saint-Germain 6-1 to become the first side in the history of the competition to overturn a four-goal deficit in the knockout stage.

The Spanish champions were 5-3 down on aggregate in the 88th minute, but secured 3 goals in seven minutes – Neymar’s free-kick and penalty followed by Sergi Roberto’s winner – to reach quarter-finals for the 10th successive season.

Luis Suarez’s 3rd-minute header and Layvin Kurzawa’s own goal put the hosts ahead in the first half, before Lionel Messi converted a spot kick four minutes into the second half to make it 4-3 on aggregate.

Edinson Cavani got the fans at Nou Camp silent for a while when he lashed home for PSG on 61 minutes as the tie looked to be over for Barcelona.

Neymar then curled a sumptuous free-kick into the top corner before Suarez won a penalty and gave it to the Brazilian winger to convert, before Substitute Roberto then netted the winning goal of one of the greatest Champions League ties of all time.

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“Barca absolutely suffocated PSG – for the first 60 minutes it was non-stop for the PSG players. It was incredible,” said former Liverpool star, Steven Gerrard, in commentaries after the game.

“They had a breather with the Edinson Cavani goal but in the end it was on again.”

​Barca President, Josep Maria Bartomeu​, ​via the ​official​Twitter handle of the​ club said​​: “This is a historic achievement that will be remembered forever.”​ ​

“This will give us more energy in the Champions League​,​”​ he added.​

​Ultimately, this season’s Champions League has been ​thrilling with a lot of goals – the very reason we love football. ​Barcelona​ have just destroyed PSG with a 6-5 scoreline, Bayern did 10-2 against Arsenal and ​we look forward to ​the second leg of a 5-3 Manchester City match against French side ​AS ​Monaco next week​ at the Stade Loius II​.

 

 

 

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