Roma appeared to be containing the hosts well until Daniele De Rossi netted a spectacular own goal to undo the Serie A side’s hard work.
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Here’s how it all went down. Messi was not at his brazen best, but he was still pulling strings, with typically close control and linkup with Suarez and Andres Iniesta; a one-two between himself and the latter was intercepted by Di Rossi, but his touch took the ball past Alisson in goal. Umtiti tried to claim it, but. you know. we have cameras and stuff. Mr. Shakira couldn’t have asked for a simpler goal.
Roma grabbed a lifeline in the 80th minute as Edin Dzeko produced a tidy finish, but Luis Suarez netted his first Champions League goal of the season shortly afterwards.
Gerard Pique got the third before the hour mark and, following Dzeko’s strike 10 minutes from time, Suarez hit the target in the Champions League for the first time in over a year.
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Messi sat out Argentina’s two friendlies over the global break with a hamstring problem and only came off the bench against Sevilla on Saturday, when he scored an 89th-minute equaliser. The Senegalese forward lept bravely between two defenders to meet the cross and extend Liverpool’s lead to 3-0 with Guardiola in disbelief.
Dzeko pulls a goal back on 80′. But no matter – Barca weren’t three goals better on the night, but they are better, and save for a miracle at the Stadio Olimpico they are in semifinals.
There was concern for Sergio Busquets, who asked to be withdrawn with a problem on his return from injury.
Then Konstantinos Manolas saw the ball bounce off him into the net, to double Barca’s lead.
They trailed by two when Umtiti hit the post and Roma defender Manolas put the rebound in before the Barca man could do it himself.
Barcelona were not finished though and scored a fourth in the 87th minute when Luis Suarez smashed the ball into the bottom corner following a low cross from Denis Suarez, which has left the Spanish giants on the brink of the semi-finals.
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But as the final quarter beckoned, Roma eventually received reward for their professional display, with Dzeko getting the better of Marc-Andre ter Stegen after the Germany worldwide had superbly denied two attacks during the minutes prior.
