Barcelona 3-1 Arsenal - Bayern Munich 4-2 Juventus AET: Uefa Champions League last 16 as it happened
- Champions League last-16 second-leg ties
Full-time: Barcelona 3-1 Arsenal (5-1 on aggregate)
Full-time: Bayern Munich 4-2 Juventus (6-4 on aggregate)
Here is your lineup for the quarter-finals of the 2015-16 Champions League:
Real Madrid
Wolfsburg
Benfica
Paris Saint-Germain
Manchester City
Atletico Madrid
Barcelona
Bayern Munich
The draw for the next round is due to take place in Nyon, Switzerland at 11.00 GMT on Friday 18 March. We will bring you live coverage of that right here on IBTimes UK.
No need for penalties in the end as Bayern leave it late to book their place in the last eight of the Champions League for the 15th time in their illustrious history. Juventus were extremely good early on, pressing high and relying on the likes of Morata to force defensive mistakes.
Guardiola's side took control late on, however, and probably deserved to go through on the balance of play. Both legs of this tie were hugely entertaining, it must be said.
A predictable finish to events at the Nou Camp, where Barcelona cruise through to the quarter-finals and keep their unbeaten streak very much alive courtesy of some memorable goals.
That is not an end to his blog however, as we are set for 30 more minutes and possibly even penalties between Bayern and Juventus.
Can the Italians bounce back from that late, late equaliser?
Game very much on at the Allianz Arena. The ball is fed wide to substitute Coman, who does well to ride the challenge of Evra before pulling it back for Costa.
The 25-year-old then picks out Lewandowski with a sublime left-footed cross and the prolific striker guides his header past Buffon from close range. 15 minutes plus stoppage time for Bayern to find another goal that will force extra-time.
Any lingering hopes of an unlikely Arsenal comeback are doused in pretty sensational fashion. A typically sweet Barcelona passing move ends with Alves hanging a cross towards an unmarked Suarez and the former Liverpool favourite watches it all the way before twisting his body to volley into the top corner.
Superb technique and execution.
Barcelona have been woken up by that sumptuous Elneny goal. Messi and Neymar combine beautifully on the edge of the box, with a clever backheel setting the former up for a shot that is well saved by Ospina.
A poor defensive header from Mathieu then plays in Welbeck but the England striker lacks finesse and last man Mascherano makes a lunging block.
Finally Arsenal have a reward for their efforts and it is a wonderful, bending right-footed strike from Elneny that beats Ter Stegen all ends up after positive work from Sanchez. That is the Egyptian's first goal for his new club since a £5m switch from FC Basel in January.
A glimmer of hope for the Gunners? A second goal in quick succession would certainly make things interesting.
Not a bad first half by any means from Arsenal, but they have no goals or shots on target to show for it. There has been no shortage of eye-catching Barcelona football either and at present they are cruising through to the last eight.
Elsewhere, Bayern have it all to do if they are to avoid a last-16 exit. Guardiola's side have been defensively shoddy and deservedly trail having had their away goal advantage emphatically wiped out.
A potentially crucial save from Neuer as he denies Cuadrado a second with excellent reflexes at the back post. Bayern have been cut to ribbons at time during this first half, particularly down Alaba's side.
In Barcelona, Wenger is forced into an early change as Flamini is replaced by Coquelin. Another midfield injury blow?
Juventus double their lead with perhaps the best example of a counter-attack you are ever likely to see. Morata is the architect, bursting forward after a Bayern move breaks down and committing multiple defenders with a skillful, slaloming run.
With the focus on him, he slides the ball over to Cuadrado and the Chelsea loanee stays calm, takes a touch to commit Philipp Lahm before rifling home.
Plenty of work to do for Bayern.
Great vision from Neymar to find Messi, who ghosts in behind Koscielny and takes a glorious first touch before seeing a half-volley from close range turned over the crossbar wonderfully by Ospina.
From the resulting corner, Mathieu is left totally unmarked by Ozil but makes a poor connection with his free header.
Arsenal have made a relatively confident start, but they almost concede after some fine interplay between Rakitic and Lionel Messi leads to a golden chance for Suarez. The visitors just about survive as the offside flag is belatedly raised.
At the other end, Ozil looks to test Ter Stegen but his powerful left-footed drive is wide.
The first goal of the evening comes from Germany, where Juve now lead 3-2 on aggregate. The usually reliable David Alaba fails to deal with Sami Khedira's lofted ball down the right channel towards Stephan Lichtsteiner and Pogba is left free to slot home with a low side-footed shot from the edge of the area.
Manuel Neuer came racing out of his goal to try and avert the danger, but his famous sweeper-keeper routine was found wanting there.
Just over five minutes remaining until kick-off in both of tonight's Champions League last-16 second-leg ties. Real Madrid, Wolfsburg, Benfica, Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City and Atletico Madrid are the teams already through to the quarter-finals.
Gent, Roma, Zenit St Petersburg, Chelsea, Dynamo Kiev and PSV Eindhoven have all fallen.
Juve were struck by two major injury blows ahead of their trip to Bavaria after revealing that both Paulo Dybala and Claudio Marchisio had sustained calf issues during training.
Striker Mario Mandzukic was also rated as a fitness doubt, but he makes the bench as Alvaro Morata fulfills a lone front role. Giorgio Chiellini is still out with his own calf problem and Uruguayan international Martin Caceres will miss the rest of the season after tearing his achilles tendon against Genoa in early February.
In the evening's second tie, Arjen Robben misses out for Bayern having failed to recover from a bout of flu and Mehdi Benatia partners young Joshua Kimmich in the heart of defence with Holger Badstuber, Javi Martinez and Jerome Boateng still out.
Franck Ribery, Xabi Alonso and Thomas Muller retain their places after the 5-0 drubbing of Werder Bremen, but Thiago Alcantara, Mario Gotze and Juventus loanee Kingsley Coman all drop to the bench in favour of Arturo Vidal, Douglas Costa and Robert Lewandowski.
No messing around from Barcelona, who will be looking to complete the job tonight with a minimum of fuss. Jeremy Mathieu continues at centre-back in Pique's absence, while Marc-Andre ter Stegen, back-up to Claudio Bravo in La Liga, is back between the posts. Mascherano is in after that aforementioned suspension.
Dani Alves replaces Aleix Vidal having been left on the bench against Getafe and, as expected, Busquets and Rakitic are recalled to midfield in place of Turan and Sergi Roberto. Munir makes way for Suarez.
Former Arsenal skipper Thomas Vermaelen is a substitute, as is reported Premier League transfer target Bartra.
Koscielny returns at the expense of Per Mertesacker for Arsenal, who also restore Hector Bellerin at right-back ahead of Calum Chambers. Nacho Monreal starts instead of Kieran Gibbs, while Mathieu Flamini is preferred to Francis Coquelin and Danny Welbeck leads the line with Olivier Giroud listed among the substitutes.
Wenger's most intriguing selection involves Alex Iwobi. The 19-year-old academy graduate starts for the very first time in Europe having only ever been used as a substitute in the Premier League. He is in for Joel Campbell, who takes his place alongside Theo Walcott on the bench.
David Ospina continues to deputise for Cech in goal and there is no Arteta in the matchday squad, despite his recent return to fitness.
Gerard Pique is unavailable for Barcelona after the yellow card he picked up during the first leg. Rafinha and Sandro are injured, while Jordi Masip, Douglas and Adriano failed to make Luis Enrique's 18-man squad.
Arda Turan is available after missing the first leg, along with Marc Bartra. Javier Mascherano will return after being suspended for the 6-0 thrashing of Getafe last weekend, while the likes of Sergio Busquets, Ivan Rakitic and Luis Suarez were rested.
Arsenal are expected to welcome back Laurent Koscielny tonight after the French centre-back sat out the last four matches with a calf injury.
Aaron Ramsey remains out with a thigh problem, however, while Petr Cech, Santi Cazorla, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jack Wilshere and Tomas Rosicky are also still sidelined.
Club captain Mikel Arteta is likely to be involved after returning to first-team training last week following ankle trouble sustained against Burnley in January.
Barcelona vs Arsenal is not the only Champions League last-16 second-leg decider taking place tonight, of course. There is also the small matter of events from the Allianz Arena, where Bayern Munich host Juventus.
The Bundesliga champions led 2-0 in Turin last month courtesy of away goals from Thomas Muller and Arjen Robben, yet frustrated outgoing boss Pep Guardiola by drawing the match after the second-half efforts of Paulo Dybala and substitute Stefano Sturaro.
You can also follow that fixture right here.
"A farce" was how Arsene Wenger described the sense of drama currently enveloping Arsenal earlier this week after they suffered a first FA Cup defeat in over three years courtesy of a rocket from Watford's Adlène Guedioura in a quarter-final tie at the Emirates Stadium.
Such a loss ended their hopes of lifting the famous old trophy for a third time in succession, while criticism of the manager's policies has only grown louder with the club having neglected to take advantage of their rivals' struggles to lie third in the Premier League and 11 points adrift of surprise leaders Leicester - not to mention six behind Tottenham - with only nine games left to play.
Although the Wenger moaning is certainly nothing new, it is unmistakably more widespread and vehement now and it is difficult to escape the feeling that the Frenchman's near 20-year reign is rapidly drawing to an unhappy close.
The Champions League has long been a source of pride and frustration for Arsenal in that time. Not since 1999 have they failed to progress through the initial group stage, although they have only gone on to reach the final once - in 2006, when late goals from Samuel Eto'o and Juliano Belletti condemned 10 men to a heartbreaking defeat against Barcelona at the Stade de France.
Europe's elite club competition is unlikely to prove a soothing tonic this season, either. The Gunners were somewhat fortunate just to make the last 16 following awful defeats to tournament minnows Dinamo Zagreb and Olympiacos and face a hugely difficult task in the Nou Camp tonight if they are to overturn a Lionel Messi-inspired 2-0 deficit and qualify for the quarter-finals.
IBTimes UK will bring you live coverage of that second-leg clash in Catalonia, with breaking team news, confirmed line-ups and updates to come shortly...
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