Atletico Madrid survived a surprising opening onslaught from Barcelona to win by way of and attain the Champions League semi-finals with a 3-2 win on combination.
Lamine Yamal and Ferran Torres scored early targets as Barcelona fought from 2-0 down after the primary leg to stage the tie inside 25 minutes.
Yamal, nonetheless solely 18, virtually scored inside 35 seconds after which did run clear to poke house within the fourth minute.
Former Tottenham defender Clement Lenglet, who was deputising in defence with Atletico lacking David Hancko and Jose Maria Gimenez by way of damage and Marc Pubil by way of suspension, made a mistake and was punished.
Lenglet’s tried go again lacked conviction, permitting Yamal to pounce. Torres collected the unfastened ball and slipped a neat return go into Yamal’s stride. {The teenager} burst into the field earlier than tucking the ball house.
And former Manchester Metropolis man Torres then lashed in a briilliant second to stage the mixture scores.
Diego Simeone’s facet have been rocking however Ademola Lookman buried a lightning break to make it 3-2 on combination earlier than half time.
Torres thought he had levelled once more with a nice end however the aim was chalked off after a VAR evaluation, earlier than one other VAR evaluation led to a purple card for Barca defender Eric Garcia.
That allowed the house followers to lastly chill out going into the final 10 minutes they usually now face Arsenal or Sporting within the semi-finals. These groups meet in London on Wednesday (20:00 BST), with the Gunners 1-0 forward from the primary leg.
Regardless of Hansi Flick throwing on Marcus Rashford and Robert Lewandowski to seek out the elusive third aim, Atlético retreated into their trademark low block. The duty grew to become near-impossible for Barça within the 79th minute when García was despatched off for knowledgeable foul on substitute Alexander Sørloth, leaving the guests to complete the sport with 10 males for the second week working.
Barcelona threw everybody ahead and substitute Robert Lewandowski and Ronald Araujo got here shut, however the a number of winners have been unable to provide what would have been some of the memorable comebacks in Champions League historical past.
Whereas Barcelona stay prime of La Liga with a nine-point cushion over Actual Madrid, this exit will sting for Flick, who was left pissed off by officiating in each legs.
