Barcelona defeated Newcastle on Wednesday with a thrilling 7-2 win to advance to the Champions League quarter-finals and extend the Spanish club’s dominance over England this month.
With Rafinha and Robert Lewandowski each scoring twice and Fermun Lupez finishing off a deft scything move, the teams remained close until the break before Barcelona surged ahead in the second half.
Drawn 1-1 after the first leg in Newcastle, Barcelona took the lead twice in the first 20 minutes, and soon Newcastle equalized twice with rare goals from Anthony Elanga. The Swedish winger had not scored in 35 games in the Premier League or Champions League this season, but he scored twice in 13 minutes at Camp Nou.
Lamine Yamal scores a penalty kick
When Lamine Yamal converted a penalty with the last kick of the first half to give Barcelona a 3-2 lead, the momentum was quickly increased and Barcelona did not give up again. Last week, 18-year-old Yamal denied Newcastle a first-leg win with a penalty in the dying seconds of stoppage time.
La Liga is once again at the top of the Premier League, a day after Real Madrid beat Manchester City 2-1, taking the aggregate score to 5-1. In Madrid, captain Fede Valverde scored a hat-trick in the first half to defeat Man City.
