Barcelona completed one of the most sensational comebacks in the history of the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday at the Camp Nou, overturning a four-goal deficit – and knocked out Paris St-Germain – to advance to the quarter-finals.
Luis Enrique’s men began in a dominant fashion with Luis Suarez scoring the opener in the third minute before an own goal from Layvin Kurzawa helped the home team walk into the break with a two-goal lead. Barcelona’s hopes of creating history received further boost when Lionel Messi converted from the spot five-minutes after the restart. However, the tie looked beyond Barca’s reach when Edinson Cavani scored for the visitors just after the hour mark. But there was still a lot of drama left in the match as Neymar scored a stunning free-kick in the 88th minute to set up a nervy finish. The Brazil international then scored the fifth goal for his team from the spot after Suarez went down under a challenge from Marquinhos. Sergi Roberto then completed a remarkable comeback by poking home a Neymar cross to make it 6-5 (on aggregate).
Here is how Twitter reacted to the incredible tie at Camp Nou:
Yesterday: Luis Enrique: "If they can score four, why can't we score six?"
Today: Barcelona score six. pic.twitter.com/Ok9jbmkqZP
— FootballFunnys (@FootballFunnnys) March 9, 2017
https://twitter.com/SampaoIiFC/status/839678445659406336
https://twitter.com/Keepitonthedeck/status/839673888678285312
The night Lionel Messi and Barcelona came back from the dead. ? pic.twitter.com/4ekJJ4WSPe
— B/R Football (@brfootball) March 9, 2017
https://twitter.com/AminSyafiq_/status/839658384479535104
Sometimes you just say thanks for being there for something special and historic. Barcelona tonight was such a night. Hard to sleep.
— Ian Darke (@IanDarke) March 9, 2017
https://twitter.com/jdleanos16/status/839656735694540801
PSG beat Barcelona on Valentine's day and Barcelona beat PSG on woman's day lol???
— The Brown Warrior KE?? (@dunQo_ke) March 9, 2017
Steven Gerrard, @GaryLineker, @rioferdy5 & @themichaelowen's reaction to the last Barcelona goal. Amazing! https://t.co/gL20e3ITZS
— Football Factly (@FootballFactly) March 9, 2017
Can we just end the season now? Give Barcelona the trophies and start over again in August. It's not going to get any better than this.
— total Barça (@totalBarca) March 9, 2017
https://twitter.com/JuanDirection58/status/839637096809828352
https://twitter.com/redscotssaf/status/839635079597010949