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Barcelona 3 - Arsenal 1 (Agg 5-1): Gunners out of Europe at hands of brilliant Barca
ARSENAL were outplayed and outclassed by Barcelona as they were eliminated from the Champions League at the last 16 stage for the sixth consecutive year.
Luis Suarez celebrates as Arsenal go crashing out
Having ended the first leg the vastly superior side, Barca shot out of the blocks in attack but as they did at the Emirates, looked vulnerable on the break.
Mesut Ozil went close in the early exchanges but it was the home side who proved more clinical.
Laurent Koscielny lost the ball on the halfway line and Luis Suarez slipped in Neymar who provided a fine finish after only 18 minutes.
And the tie might have been an entirely different story had Danny Welbeck not been thwarted once again by Mascherano after the England international was looking to capitalise on Jeremy Mathieu's weak back-header.
Luis Suarez punished the profligacy with 25 minutes left with a stunning acrobatic volley hit back across goal into the top corner that left David Ospina standing statute-still.
And the game was closed out with less than five minutes left as Lionel Messi delicately lifted and Arsenal were eliminated from the Champions League for the sixth consecutive time in the last 16.