Newcastle pay penalty as Barca battle to earn draw

Lamine Yamal rescued a draw for Barcelona with a 96th-minute penalty to deny Newcastle United a famous win in the Champions League. Newcastle looked to have taken control of the first leg of their last-16 tie when Harvey Barnes fired the hosts in front with a first-time finish late on. But Barcelona were awarded a penalty deep into stoppage time after substitute Dani Olmo was brought down by Malick Thiaw inside the box. Lamine Yamal stepped up and coolly sent goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale the wrong way to level the tie.

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Barcelona beat Napoli to reach quarter-finals

FC Barcelona reached the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in four years with an entertaining victory over Napoli. Fermin Lopez and Joao Cancelo put Barcelona on their way but the hosts were made to work hard by the Italian side who pulled one back through Amir Rrahmani. Robert Lewandowski’s close-range finish with seven minutes from time settled the tie.

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Five star Manchester City leave Brugge bruised

Cole Palmer grabbed his first Champions League goal as Manchester City produced a scintillating attacking display to beat Club Brugge 5-1 at the Jan Breydel Stadium. A Riyad Mahrez brace and goals from Joao Cancelo and Kyle Walker completed the rout.

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Man City victorious in nine goal thriller with Leipzig

Jack Grealish marked his Champions League debut with a goal and an assist as Manchester City beat RB Leipzig 6-3 in an entertaining encounter. Christopher Nkunku, who netted a hat-trick on the night, scored the first of his three just before the break.

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