Arsenal outgunned by Barcelona

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”.

South American strike trio Neymar, Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi were all on the scoresheet with Mohamed Elneny replying for Arsenal as Barca confirmed a quarter-final place 5-1 on aggregate.

“The performance was good. It’s difficult to take to go out but we produced a quality performance against the best team in Europe,” said Gunners boss Arsene Wenger last night.