Lamine Yamal’s last-gasp penalty earned Barcelona a 1-1 draw at Newcastle United in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Tuesday, while Atletico Madrid piled more misery on Tottenham Hotspur by winning 5-2 on a nightmare evening for visiting goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky.
Liverpool also lost 1-0 to Galatasaray in Istanbul for the second time this season, while Bayern Munich are all but through to the quarter-finals after thrashing Atalanta 6-1 in Italy.
At St James’ Park, Newcastle were heading for a night to savour when Harvey Barnes broke the deadlock on 86 minutes as he turned in a Jacob Murphy cross for his sixth Champions League goal this season.
However, Barcelona were awarded a penalty deep in injury time when Dani Olmo was tripped by Malick Thiaw, and Yamal – a peripheral figure throughout the game – converted with the last kick of the match in the 96th minute.
That will make Newcastle’s task harder going to the Camp Nou for the return next Wednesday as they aim to reach the quarter-finals for the first time.
The winners of that tie look likely to face Atletico in the last eight, after Diego Simeone’s side tore apart Tottenham at the Metropolitano, with Julian Alvarez scoring twice.
The game was just 15 minutes old when Kinsky made a complete mess of an attempted first-time pass, gifting the ball to Alvarez for 3-0.
The 22-year-old Kinsky’s humiliation was compounded as he was then substituted by coach Igor Tudor, but replacement Guglielmo Vicario could not keep out Robin Le Normand’s header to make it 4-0 midway through the first half.
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Pedro Porro pulled one back, but Alvarez ran half the length of the pitch following a superb Griezmann lay-off to get Atletico’s fifth early in the second half.
Dominic Solanke fired in on 76 minutes to make it 5-2, perhaps giving Spurs a glimmer of hope for the return.
Earlier, Liverpool lost by a single goal to Galatasaray, just as they had when the clubs met in Turkey in the league phase.
Mario Lemina scored the only goal for the Turkish league leaders, heading in from close range after Victor Osimhen nodded down a corner.
Osimhen had the ball in the net again in the second half, only for an offside decision to come to Liverpool’s rescue.
Liverpool will need to do much better if they are to turn the tie around at home next week.
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