Messi is a Bar raiser
LLORIS BACKS BARCA BREAK
Barcelona win 5-1 on agg
LIONEL MESSI swept Barcelona into the Champions League quarter-finals with another scintillating display.
Having held the Catalans to a goalless draw in France, Lyon were beaten after 18 minutes in the Nou Camp.
Messi played in Luis Suarez, who was brought down by Jason Denayer to hand the hosts a penalty.
And Messi clipped his spot-kick down the middle, Panenka-style, to score.
Philippe Coutinho increased the lead on 31 minutes, but Lucas Tousart pulled a goal back for Lyon 13 minutes after the break.
Messi, though, struck again 12 minutes from time, before Gerard Pique and Ousmane Dembele put the icing on the Barca cake. UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 1st Knock-Out Rnd 2nd Leg BARCELONA (2) 5 LYON (0) 1 Messi pen 17, 78 Tousart 58 Coutinho 31, Pique 81 Dembele 86
(Barcelona win 5-1 on agg) B MUNICH (1) 1 LIVERPOOL (1) 3 Matip og 39 Mane 26, 84
Van Dijk 69 (Liverpool win 3-1 on agg) SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP BIRMINGHAM (0) 0 MILLWALL (2) 2 20,151 Thompson 13, 32 DERBY (0) 0 STOKE (0) 0 25,685 MIDDLESBRO (1) 1 Fletcher 32 21,088 NORWICH (2) 3 Stiepermann 11 Emi 14, 60 25,879 N FOREST (1) 1 Colback 3 29,224 QPR (0) 1 Samuel 85 10,854 WEST BROM (1) 3 Brunt 19, Holgate 54 Rodriguez 85 PRESTON (0) 2 Gallagher 63 Stockley 81 HULL (1) 2 Pugh 45 Martin 87
A VILLA (2) 3 McGinn 7, 15 Hause 61 ROTHERHAM (0) 2 Ajayi 71, 90
SWANSEA (0) 0 20,282
5TH ODI, Delhi
Australia 272-9 v India 237. Australia won by 35 runs
4TH ODI, Port Elizabeth
Sri Lanka 189 v South Africa 1904. South Africa won by 6 wkts
BNP PARIBAS OPEN, Indian Wells, Men’s 3rd Rd (selected) (2) R Nadal (Spa) bt F Krajinovic (Srb) 6-3 6-4, (13) M Raonic (Can) bt J-L Struff (Ger) 6-4 6-3
(5.55 unless stated)
UEFA Europa League Round of 16 2nd Leg
Arsenal v Rennes (8, agg 1-3) Benfica v D Zagreb (8, agg 0-1) D Kiev v Chelsea (agg 0-3) Inter Milan v Frankfurt (8, agg 0-0) Krasnodar v Valencia (agg 1-2) RB Salzburg v Napoli (agg 0-3) S Prague v Sevilla (agg 2-2) Villarreal v Zenit St P (agg 3-1)
Betfred Super League Huddersfield v St Helens (7.45) has scored eight Champions League hat-tricks, the joint-most alongside Lionel Messi. are the only team against whom he has scored a hat-trick twice in this competition (right, his second goal in Tuesday’s 3-0 victory).
has been involved in 77 goals in 77 Champ League knockout games (63 goals, 14 assists). HUGO LLORIS insists Tottenham will return from their extended break hungry and re-energised.
Spurs have three weeks to stew on their shock defeat at Southampton as they are out of the FA Cup and the international break follows this weekend’s quarter-finals.
Boss Mauricio Pochettino has taken his squad to Barcelona for a week after their ill-timed dip in
Premier League form.
Spurs have picked up just one point from their last four games, a run that has seen them go from eyeing the title to battling to stay in the top four.
Captain and keeper Lloris (above) said: “This is about finding a new energy – mentally and physically. “These trips are good for the team and help create positive waves again. We will try to get the benefits of this week in mind and body.”