Liverpool's Mohamed Salah celebrates with Hugo Ekitike after scoring his team's fourth goal during the UEFA Champions League on March 18, 2026. PAUL ELLIS / AFP
Barcelona hit Newcastle United for seven to reach the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday, March 18, while Liverpool overturned a first-leg deficit to beat Galatasaray in their last-16 tie and both Bayern Munich and Atlético Madrid advanced to the next round.
Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski both scored twice as La Liga leaders Barcelona tore apart Newcastle at the Camp Nou, winning 7-2 in the second leg of their last-16 encounter to progress 8-3 on aggregate.
A spectacular match saw Anthony Elanga twice score for Newcastle inside the opening half-hour to cancel out goals by Raphinha and Marc Bernal. However, the Catalans went back in front when Lamine Yamal converted a penalty deep in first-half stoppage time to make it 3-2 on the night, and they never looked back. Fermín López ran through for 4-2 early in the second half before Lewandowski added a quick-fire double either side of the hour mark, and Raphinha completed the scoring in the 72nd minute.
It was a chastening defeat for Newcastle and just the third time since 1955 that an English team has conceded at least eight goals on aggregate in a European tie – one of the other occasions was this week, when Chelsea lost 8-2 on aggregate to Paris Saint-Germain.
