PLAYER RATINGS
MARC-ANDRE TER STEGEN 7 MADE a couple of crucial blocks as Chelsea searched for a route back. SERGI ROBERTO 6.5 KEPT busy by the interchanging of Hazard and Willian. Uneasy at times. GERARD PIQUE 7 MARSHALLED the defence with the sort of aplomb that we have come to expect. SAMUEL UMTITI 7.5 STOOD firm in the face of some incredibly menacing Chelsea attacks. JORDI ALBA 6.5 PACE to burn down the left. He needed it to deal with Chelsea’s pace out wide. IVAN RAKITIC 7 NEAT and compact in the Barcelona engine room. He is a very classy midfielder. SERGIO BUSQUETS 7 DOESN’T look a footballer with his gangly frame. But he is. A very good one at that. OUSMANE DEMBELE 8 STUNNING finish to put Barca 2-0 ahead. His Nou Camp career is gaining momentum. ANDRES INIESTA 7 HIS legs aren’t quite what they were, but he still oozes utter brilliance. LIONEL MESSI 9 MIND-BLOWING. Scores two, makes another. The best on the planet bar none. LUIS SUAREZ 6.5 HE has had better nights, but he was a thorn in Chelsea’s side nonetheless. SUBSTITUTES Paulinho 7 (Iniesta, 56min) Gomes 6 (Busquets, 61min) Vidal 7 (Dembele, 67min) Not used: Cillessen, Paco Alcacer, Digne, Vermaelen. ERNESTO VALVERDE 8 HIS side were forced to see out some uncomfortable moments. That may please him more than anything else. THIBAUT WILL have COURTOIS nightmares 5 about goals in letting through two his Messi legs. Disaster. CESAR AZPILICUETA 6.5 MADE to look silly by Messi in lead-up to Barca’s second. Easily done. ANDREAS CHRISTENSEN 6 ANOTHER bamboozled by the Barca magician and looked tentative on a daunting night. ANTONIO RUDIGER 6.5 RUGGED defending from the German. Needed eyes in the back of his head but kept at it. VICTOR MOSES 6.5 HAD a few promising forays towards the attacking third but lacked conviction. CESC FABREGAS 6.5 BACK in Catalonia, the playmaker couldn’t put his stamp on proceedings last night. N’GOLO KANTE 7 GAVE as good as he got in his battles with Rakitic and Busquets. Dragged a chance wide. MARCOS ALONSO 7 AN all-action display. Unlucky that his free-kick rattled off the top of the post. WILLIAN 7.5 Impressed in the first leg and impressed last night. Deserved more from the game. OLIVIER GIROUD 6 PREFERRED to Alvaro Morata and the Frenchman made his presence known. EDEN HAZARD 7.5 LEFT a loser but caused Barca huge problems in the Nou Camp. Real Madrid, take note. SUBSTITUTES Morata 6 (Giroud, 67min) Zappacosta 6 (Moses, 67min) Pedro (Hazard, 82min) Not used: Caballero, Bakayoko, Cahill, Palmieri. ANTONIO CONTE 7 CHELSEA were eliminated, but his team gave it one hell of a go in Barcelona. The Italian should be proud, despite the scoreline.