Barcelona put on a thrilling second-half show to rout Newcastle United 7-2 at the Camp Nou and progress to the Champions League quarterfinals 8-3 on aggregate.
After an entertaining back-and-forth first half, which concluded with Lamine Yamal putting the home side ahead for the third time, Barcelona ran rampant in the second half with four unanswered goals to decimate the Premier League side’s challenge.
Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski both scored twice, with the Spanish champions’ other goals coming from Marc Bernal and Fermín López.
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Anthony Elanga scored twice in the first half to temporarily keep Newcastle’s hopes alive of a famous upset against the five-time European champions.
Neither side will have been happy with their defensive display, but Barcelona eventually took a chaotic game by the scruff of the neck to punish a series of errors as the visitors succumbed to largely self-inflicted wounds.
The seven goals equals the most Barcelona has scored in a Champions League knockout match, after a 7-1 against Bayer Leverkusen at the same stage of the competition in 2011-12.
Newcastle’s seven goals conceded, meanwhile, is tied for the most in a game by an English team in UEFA competitions, after Tottenham’s 7-2 loss to Bayern Munich in October 2019.
ESPN Research and PA contributed to this report.
