Luis Suarez scored his first
Champions League goal in more than a year as Barcelona beat Roma
convincingly in the quarter-final first leg.
- De Rossi (38' minutes og),
- Manolas (55' minutes og),
- Gerard Piqué(59' minutes),
- Luis Suárez (87' minutes)
First Daniele de Rossi slid into his own net in a bid to keep the ball away from Lionel Messi, and then Kostas Manolas bundled another in, with Gerard Pique tapping in Barcelona's third.
Edin Dzeko gave Roma hope - but Suarez then slammed home from 14 yards.
Barca are strong favourites to clinch their first semi-final spot since 2014-15, when they won the tournament, next Wednesday at the Stadio Olimpico.
- Barcelona have won 20 of their past 21 Champions League games at the Nou Camp [drawing the other], including each of their five games this season.
- Roma have conceded 11 goals in their three Champions League trips to Barcelona - more than against any other side on the road in the competition.
- Roma are just the third different side to breach Barcelona's defence at the Nou Camp in the past 10 Champions League games after Paris St-Germain and Olympiakos.
- Manolas' own goal was the 13th that Barcelona have benefited from in the Champions League; only Real Madrid (15) have benefited from more.
- Roma are just the fourth side in Champions League history to score two own goals in a single game and the first since Galatasaray in September 2015 against Astana.
- Iniesta made his 21st quarter-final appearance in the Champions League - a joint record with Ryan Giggs and Xavi.
- Only Roberto Carlos (16) and Ivan Helguera (15) have scored more goals than Pique (12) amongst defenders in the Champions League.
- Dzeko has had a hand in 58% of Roma's 12 goals in the Champions League this season [five goals, two assists].
- After failing to score with his first 30 shots in the Champions League this season, Suarez finally scored with his 31st effort
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