Barcelona drub Newcastle 7-2 - Liverpool revive, Bayern cruise and Atletico survive in Champions League

March 19, 2026
Barcelona’s Marc Bernal celebrates after scoring his side’s second goal during the Champions League round-of-16, second-leg soccer match against Newcastle United FC in Barcelona, Spain, on Wednesday. Barcelona won 7-2.
Barcelona’s Marc Bernal celebrates after scoring his side’s second goal during the Champions League round-of-16, second-leg soccer match against Newcastle United FC in Barcelona, Spain, on Wednesday. Barcelona won 7-2.

Barcelona scored seven and Liverpool revived their season with four goals to flip tight Champions League games on Wednesday into big wins sending them to the quarterfinals.

Atletico Madrid survived a pulsating Tottenham fightback to make it Spain 3, England 0 in round-of-16 clashes this week.

Bayern Munich had it easiest of all, pushing aside Atalanta 4-1 on Wednesday and 10-2 on aggregate, to get a blockbuster quarterfinal against Real Madrid.

Another Champions League goal-rush was sparked by Barcelona tearing apart Newcastle in the second half of a thrilling 7-2 win after the teams went toe-to-toe before the break.

Tied 1-1 after the first leg in Newcastle, Barcelona surged to a victory after Lamine Yamal's momentum-shifting penalty kick in first-half stoppage time made the score 3-2.

Robert Lewandowski then scored twice, Fermin Lopez finished a slick move and Raphinha got his second goal as Newcastle's defence collapsed.

Liverpool ultimately eased to a 4-0 win over Galatasaray at Anfield, overturning a one-goal loss in Istanbul, despite Mohamed Salah missing a penalty in first-half stoppage time when the score was 1-0.

Still, Salah was key to Liverpool's strong second half with two assists then a goal in a performance that could restart an erratic season for the English champions and ease growing pressure on coach Arne Slot.

Tottenham showed real character after an embarrassing 5-2 loss in Madrid last week, but were resisted by Atletico twice levelling the score in Wednesday's second leg. Xavi Simon's late penalty at least gave Tottenham a 3-2 win on the night.

Tottenham and Newcastle joined Manchester City, ousted by Real Madrid on Tuesday 5-1 on aggregate score, as English Premier League teams eliminated by La Liga's best.

England had a record six teams in the competition and all reached the round of 16, but only Arsenal and Liverpool advanced. Chelsea were eliminated on Tuesday by defending champion Paris Saint-Germain, which now play Liverpool.

In Munich, fit-again Bayern talisman Harry Kane scored twice against Atalanta to end Italy's challenge in this Champions League edition.

- AP

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