Barcelona 3 Arsenal 1 (Barcelona win 5-1 on aggregate): Arsenal were hoping for a miracle last night but it failed to materialise as Barcelona powered to the Champions League quarter-finals, with Gunners boss Arsene Wenger conceding the Catalans “have two or three players who transfer normal life into art”.

The first goals Barcelona conceded this season did not come until their eighth game, but even still they confirmed many pundits’ view of the team’s major weakness.