Barcelona vs Man Utd: Lionel Messi fires Spaniards into Champions League semi-finals

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Barcelona v Man Utd: Champions League match preview

Lionel Messi delivered another reminder of his enduring star quality as Barcelona quashed Manchester United's hopes of another improbable Champions League comeback at the Nou Camp.

United had overcome a two-goal deficit at Paris St Germain last month but Messi's first-half brace and a wonder strike from Philippe Coutinho ushered Barcelona towards a 3-0 victory, 4-0 on aggregate, at the ground of one of the Premier League side's greatest triumphs.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was insistent that the 1999 Champions League final win over Bayern Munich would have no bearing on this quarter-final second leg and his remarks proved accurate.

While his side made an energetic start, with Marcus Rashford denied by the goal frame within seconds of kick-off, Barcelona became more proactive and Messi, as he so often has done in the past, took top billing.

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Key Points

• Barcelona XI: Ter Stegen; Sergi Roberto, Piqué, Lenglet, Alba; Rakitic, Busquets, Arthur; Messi, Suárez, Coutinho
• Manchester United XI: De Gea, Jones, Lindelof, Smalling, Young, Fred, McTominay, Pogba, Lingard, Martial, Rashford

[16 April 2019 22:04 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

In the end it was all rather routine at the Camp Nou, three goals, two sublime, one ridiculous as an error-prone Manchester United exited rather tamely.

Barcelona barely got out of third gear.

[16 April 2019 22:08 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

That's all from us here tonight. Ajax and Barcelona are through, but who will join them? We'll have LIVE coverage of Porto vs Liverpool and Manchester City vs Tottenham here tomorrow night.

I've been Harry Latham-Coyle for The Independent - thank you for joining me.