Barca battered in France by PSG

Angel Di Maria produced two sublime finishes as Paris St Germain thrashed Barcelona 4-0 at the Parc des Princes, leaving the LaLiga giants facing elimination in the last 16 of the Champions League.

The result equalled Barca’s worst in Europe, last achieved by Bayern Munich at the semi-final stage fours years ago, but could easily have been worse as they were outfought, outrun and outclassed.

Former Real Madrid playmaker Di Maria opened the scoring with a fine free-kick on his 29th birthday and curled home a second in between efforts from Julian Draxler and another birthday boy, 30-year-old Edinson Cavani.