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Barcelona smashed seven goals past Newcastle in the Champions League on Wednesday night to book their place in the quarter-finals of the competition. Lamine Yamal, Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha were all on target as Hansi Flick's side once again demonstrated their attacking power.

We didn't see the Barça of 1,000 passes in Newcastle. Did you see the 1,000 passes Barcelona makes every week in Spain? No. Newcastle are exceptional in their intensity and high pressing, playing man-to-man and with a wide range of tools.

Daniel Maldini was still able to experience the youth sector journey at Milan like his dad. He made his senior debut in a red and black shirt and even scored his first professional goal in a season that culminated with a Scudetto win. However, unlike Paolo, he departed for pastures new.

Well, the VAR is never going to overturn a referee's decision to give a penalty when there is contact, and there clearly was. That does not fall into the category of "clear and obvious error". However, to say it was a soft one would be an understatement.

Liverpool will hope to perform better than they did in Istanbul during the league phase. The Reds were beaten 1-0 in late September and never really got going in a pressure-cooker atmosphere. That setback was the second in a four-game stretch of defeats that dimmed early optimism and paved the way for an underwhelming season.