A BBC Sport statistics on Barcelona FC versus Manchester United’s quarter-final game on Tuesday shows Man United’s heaviest defeat in the UEFA Champions League.
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See the match stats below:
- Barcelona have qualified for the Champions League semi-final for the first time since the 2014-15 campaign under Luis Enrique.
- Manchester United have been eliminated at the Champions League quarter-final stage on seven occasions – more than any other side.
- Barcelona’s Lionel Messi scored his first Champions League quarter-final goals since April 2013 versus PSG, ending a run of 12 matches and 50 shots without a goal in quarter-final matches.
- This was Manchester United’s heaviest ever aggregate defeat (0-4) in a two-legged European tie; their previous heaviest was 2-5 v AC Milan in the 1957-58 European Cup semi-final and 1-4 v Atletico Madrid in the last 16 of the 1991-92 Cup Winners’ Cup.
- Manchester United have lost four consecutive away matches in all competitions for the first time since October 1999 – current manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer featured in all four of those 1999 defeats.
- Lionel Messi has scored 45 goals in all competitions for Barcelona this season – 10 more than any other player in the top five European leagues.
- Manchester United lost five Champions League matches this season, their joint-most in a single season (also five in 1996-97).
- Spanish teams have lost just one of their last 24 Champions League knockout matches against English sides (W16 D7 L1), with Leicester’s 2-0 win over Sevilla in March 2017 the only victory for an English team in that time.
- Lionel Messi has scored twice as many Champions League goals against English sides as any other player (24 goals).
