Barcelona through with 6-1 victory over PSG

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Barcelona produced the most remarkable Champions League comeback to beat Paris St Germain 6-1 at the Nou Camp&comma; with a goal from Sergi Roberto five minutes into stoppage time securing a place in the quarter-finals&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Trailing 4-0 from their trip to France in the opening leg of the last-16 clash&comma; Luis Enrique’s men were looking to make history and also avoid their earliest exit from the competition in a decade&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Luis Suarez’s close-range header gave Barcelona the perfect start inside three minutes before an own goal from Layvin Kurzawa halved the deficit by the interval&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A penalty from Lionel Messi five minutes into the second half had the Nou Camp rocking&comma; only for Edinson Cavani to crash in a crucial away goal just after the hour mark which boosted PSG’s advantage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Neymar&comma; though&comma; netted a superb late free-kick before levelling the tie with a last-minute penalty to get the Barcelona fans dreaming of the impossible once again&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>That became a reality when&comma; with goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen having joined the attack&comma; Neymar lofted the ball into a crowded penalty area&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roberto stabbed it past Kevin Trapp to spark wild celebrations on the Barcelona bench and in the stands&comma; while PSG watched on in disbelief&period; Barcelona had made a flying start to lift hopes of turning the tie around&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Rafinha floated a high cross into the PSG penalty area from the right&comma; which was nodded back up into the air&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As the ball dropped and PSG goalkeeper Trapp hesitated to punch clear&comma; Suarez was alert to head the ball in&comma; which was then hacked out from under the net but it had clearly crossed the line&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>PSG&comma; who came to Spain unbeaten in 16 matches with 14 wins&comma; tried to respond quickly and felt they had a strong claim for a penalty after Julian Draxler’s cross looked to have hit Javier Mascherano on the arm&comma; but the referee was not interested&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Barcelona went close again on 17 minutes when Neymar curled his shot narrowly wide&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It was 2-0 on 41 minutes with another scrappy goal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Captain Andres Iniesta chased what looked a lost cause into the left side of the PSG penalty area&comma; but managed to dig possession out from Marquinhos&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As the ball went back through the six-yard box&comma; Trapp palmed it onto Kurzawa&comma; who could only slice an attempted clearance into the empty net&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Enrique’s men continued on the offensive at the start of the second half&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Neymar darted into the left side of the PSG box&comma; where defender Thomas Meunier was slipping to the floor as he stumbled forwards headfirst and pulled down the Brazilian&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Initially the German referee did not give the penalty&comma; but pointed to the spot once he had consulted with his assistant behind the goal&period; Messi made no mistake as he drilled the ball past Trapp&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>PSG&comma; though&comma; almost put the tie to bed immediately after when Meunier got away down the right and whipped a low ball through the Barcelona penalty area&comma; where Cavani slid in to crash his shot against the near post&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As the hour mark passed&comma; a deep free-kick was lobbed into the Barcelona penalty area&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kurzawa nodded the ball back down into the path of Cavani&comma; who drilled a half-volley past Ter Stegen which looked to have killed off the tie&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 37-goal Uruguay forward was denied a second when sent clear as Ter Stegen blocked at the near post&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Barcelona appeared to have run out of steam&comma; 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