Lionel Messi struck a late winner for the second straight weekend as Barcelona defeated LaLiga title rivals Atletico Madrid 2-1 at the Vicente Calderon.

Celtic 0 Barcelona 2: Celtic were knocked out of Europe as a Lionel Messi double gave Barcelona a 2-0 Champions League win at Parkhead.

Bayern Munich opened up a two-point advantage at the top of the Bundesliga today, with RB Leipzig in hot pursuit after a convincing win in Hamburg.

Lionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona got back to winning ways in La Liga with a 5-1 rout of Leganes.

Bayern Munich 2 Atletico Madrid 1

Barcelona head to Atletico Madrid for the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final tonight aiming to show their campaign is still on track for domestic and European success.

Barcelona may have blown their Clasico rivals Real Madrid away 4-0 at the weekend, but Luis Enrique insists there is still plenty of room for improvement at the Camp Nou.

Much of the coverage of Barcelona’s 2-1 defeat to Sevilla in La Liga on Saturday afternoon focused on the disruption caused by injuries to stars Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta. But blaugrana fans and pundits should really be asking why last season’s treble-winning squad looks so threadbare just a few months later.

Barcelona 5 Sevilla 4: Pedro shrugged off speculation over his future to score the winner in extra time and help Barcelona lift the Uefa Super Cup after a 5-4 win over Sevilla.

Two quick-fire moments of individual magic from Lionel Messi made the difference, and Neymar added a late added goal, as Barcelona beat Bayern Munich 3-0 in Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final first leg at the Camp Nou.

Bayern Munich 6 Porto 1 (Bayern win 7-4 on aggregate): Pep Guardiola’s reputation as the world’s greatest football coach, under threat this week amid rumours could be jettisoned by Bayern Munich in the summer, has been spectacularly and emphatically revived by a breathtaking 6-1 victory over Porto in the Champions League that sends his side into the semi-finals and keeps the Treble dream alive.

Porto capitalised on a string of defensive mistakes to beat Bayern Munich 3-1 in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final last night.

Manager Pep Guardiola says he opted to play the most offensive formation of his career as Bayern Munich put seven past hapless Shakhtar Donetsk to march to the Champions League quarter-finals.

Champions League Last 16 First Leg

While Real Madrid’s ‘BBC’ strikeforce of Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo were all on the scoresheet in Saturday’s 5-1 La Liga win over Rayo Vallecano, the man of the match at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu was Blancos midfielder Toni Kroos.

On Saturday evening, at the Camp Nou, Barcelona’s big name strike-force started their second game together, as Luis Suarez made his competitive home debut alongside fellow South American superstars Lionel Messi and Neymar.

Bayern Munich 1 Manchester City 0

Champions League Group E

Bayern Munich 0 Real Madrid 4 (Real Madrid win 5-0 on aggregate)

Manchester United 1 Bayern Munich 1

David Moyes put his faith in the old legs of Ryan Giggs once more as Manchester United sought to achieve a positive result against holders Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-final first leg at Old Trafford.

Some teams have a tendency to make you reach for the catechism of cliché, and perhaps inevitably the word that comes to mind about Bayern Munich is blitzkrieg.

Arsenal 0 Bayern Munich 2

Guangzhou Evergrande 0 Bayern Munich 3

Manchester City 1 Bayern Munich 3

Arsenal captain Thomas Vermaelen was dropped to the bench for tonight’s Champions League last 16 second leg against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena.

Barcelona 0 Benfica 0

Ryan Bertrand has been pitched into the biggest game of his life tonight as the 22-year-old starts for Chelsea in their Champions League final clash with Bayern Munich.

If a week can be a long time in politics, in football it can feel like an entire lifetime.

Andre Ayew scored with the last touch of Marseille’s Champions League clash to inflict a fourth straight defeat on Inter Milan and pile the pressure on coach Claudio Ranieri.

ROBERTO MANCINI said Carlos Tevez is “finished” at Manchester City after the striker refused to play after being asked to go on as a substitute in the 2-0 defeat at Bayern Munich last night.

ITALIAN giants Inter Milan were stunned by Trabzonspor as the Turkish stand-ins began their Champions League season with a shock 1-0 win at the San Siro.

Barcelona are set to allow Lionel Messi to remain in Beijing for the Olympic Games, according to reports in the Spanish press.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter admitted on Thursday the very future of the Olympic football tournament is under threat.

MANCHESTER UNITED have opted not to bring Anderson back from Olympic duty with Brazil.

Manchester United have opted not to bring Anderson back from Olympic duty with Brazil.

England’s top clubs seem set not to rock the Olympic boat despite a landmark ruling in Switzerland confirming they do not have to release their players.

FIFA described a ruling from the Court of Arbitration for Sport allowing clubs to pull their players out of the Olympics as “disappointing” and urged clubs to allow their players to compete in Beijing.

A FIFA-appointed judge has confirmed clubs are obliged to release players aged 23 and under for next month’s Olympics football tournament in Beijing.

Werder Bremen are persisting in their bid to have playmaker Diego released from the Brazil Olympic squad despite FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Wednesday reiterating doing so ignores the ethics of the Olympic movement.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has stepped in to try to head off a growing revolt by clubs over the release of players for the Olympic tournament in Beijing.