Barcelona turn eyes to Paris

Barcelona and Real Madrid both won over the weekend but received mixed fitness news ahead of their return to Champions League action this week — while Arsenal’s opponents Bayern Munich continued their impressive form.

Ahead of tomorrow night’s last 16 first leg at home to Paris Saint-Germain at the Camp Nou, Barcelona went top of La Liga — for three hours — with a straightforward 6-0 win at Alaves on Saturday afternoon.

After their front three of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez were all on the scoresheet, there was a late blow for the blaugrana team as right-back Aleix Vidal suffered a serious ankle injury which sidelines him for the rest of the season.