Barcelona out after Paris Saint-Germain draw, Liverpool beat RB Leipzig

Neymar and Messi tormented PSG that night, but there was to be no reply this time.

Barca’s coach Ronald Koeman made three substitutions for the closing stages, but the visitors’ hopes gradually fizzled out as a cold wind whipped around Parc des Princes.

Elsewhere, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane scored Liverpool’s goals to complete a 4-0 win on aggregate. Liverpool ended their run of six defeats in home games, at least technically, as Juergen Klopp’s team was officially the host at the neutral Puskas Arena in Hungary.

A string of saves by goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi — once a Liverpool player — kept Leipzig in contention before Salah made the breakthrough in the 70th minute. Mane drew in two defenders on a counterattack and passed to Salah, who had plenty of space to line up a low shot tucked inside the right post.

As Leipzig — who surprisingly reached the semi-finals last season — tried to find a way back into the game four minutes later, substitute Divock Origi found space on the right flank to cross low for Mane to tap in.

“It is a big result for us,” said Salah.

“We came here after losing a few games in the Premier League. The team is not in the best shape but we want to fight in the Champions League and also fight in the Premier League and see what can happen.”

Both legs were played in Budapest because of restrictions in Germany on travel from Britain amid the pandemic.

In the Premier League, leaders Manchester City showed that their weekend derby loss was a blip as Kevin De Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez both scored twice in a 5-2 win over Southampton.

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City’s 21-match winning streak in all competitions was interrupted by a 2-0 defeat by Manchester United but normal service was quickly resumed at the Etihad Stadium as they opened up a 14-point gap at the top.

After a slow start City went ahead with their first attack when De Bruyne pounced to convert a rebound in 15th minute, only for James Ward-Prowse to equalise from the penalty spot.

Mahrez restored City’s lead and Ilkay Gundogan made it 3-1 in first-half stoppage time before Mahrez produced another clinical finish 10 minutes after the interval.

Che Adams replied for an adventurous Southampton but De Bruyne grabbed his second of the night shortly afterwards as City looked like scoring every time they attacked.

City have 68 points from 29 games with Manchester United on 54 from one game fewer.

Southampton, who played impressive football at times, have 33 points from 28 games and are only seven points above the relegation zone after a ninth defeat in 11 games.

AP, Reuters