Lionel Messi inspired Barcelona to a 3-1 Champions League win over Napoli that sets up a quarter-final tie with Bayern Munich.
Messi scored a fine solo goal and won a penalty in a virtuoso first-half display as Barca won the tie that started in February 4-2 on aggregate.
Clement Lenglet got them up and running with a 10th-minute header from a corner, although there did look a clear foul by the defender in the lead-up.
Messi then came to the fore with a typical moment of brilliance as he fought off three challenges, one of which saw him end up on the floor, before returning to his feet and finding the bottom corner.
After having another goal disallowed for a handball, the Argentinian then won a penalty after he was clattered by Kalidou Koulibaly and Luis Suarez converted in the 45th minute.
Lorenzo Insigne immediately replied for Napoli from the spot in first-half added time, but, despite a strong second-half push, they were left with too much to do.
Opta facts
- Barcelona are unbeaten in 36 consecutive home Champions League matches (W32 D4) – in Champions League/European Cup history, only Bayern Munich’s 43-game run between 1969 and 1991 is longer.
- Napoli have been eliminated on all three occasions that they have reached the Champions League last 16, despite scoring at least once in all six games in those ties.
- This was Barcelona’s first victory against Napoli in the Champions League; Napoli are the 57th different side they have beaten in the competition, with only Real Madrid (58) defeating more teams.
- The combined passing accuracy between both sides in this game was 91%; since full passing data is first available for the Champions League (2003-04), this is the highest passing accuracy for any game in the competition.
- Barcelona have qualified for the Champions League quarter-finals for the 13th consecutive campaign - no other side has ever done so in more than eight seasons running.
- Clement Lenglet became the 83rd different player to score for Barcelona in the Champions League (excluding own goals) - they have had more unique goalscorers than any other side in the competition's history.
- Barcelona’s Lionel Messi has now scored against 35 different opponents in the Champions League, two more than any other player (Cristiano Ronaldo, 33).
- Each of Luis Suárez’s last 16 goals in the Champions League have been scored at home; the Barcelona striker’s last away goal in the competition was in 2015 versus Roma.
- Barcelona’s Lionel Messi has been directly involved in 12 goals (9 goals & 3 assists) in his last six Champions League knockout stage games at Camp Nou.
