Lyon held on to a 0-0 Champions League draw at home to Barcelona on Tuesday, as Ernesto Valverde's men wasted many opportunities.
2018/2019 UEFA Champions League
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9' NICE SHOT! Terrier's shot hits the bar
LYON WITH A GREAT CHANCE! Moussa Dembele brilliantly chests down a long ball upfield towards the path of Terrier, who takes one touch before unleashing a rocket of a shot that Ter Stegen managed to stop with a picture perfect save! The Barca keeper gratefully catches it at the second attempt, but Les Gones have been a threat on the counter so far despite the visitors’ early dominance!
52' Depay's volley flies wide of the left post
DEPAY NEARLY MAKES IT 1-0! The Netherlands forward gets on the end of a loose ball and hits a snap volley that sends Ter Stegen scrambling across his goal, only for the shot to fly wide of the left post!
70' CLOSE! Suarez's effort goes just wide of the post
SUAREZ NEARLY SCORES THERE! The forward finds himself in acres of space in the Lyon area and gets on the end of Alba's quick cut-back with a first-time effort that goes just wide of Lopes’ right! How many more chances do Barca need?
76' NICE TRY! Coutinho's shot saved
LOPES STOPS BARCA AGAIN! The substitute Coutinho unleashes a fierce drive from the edge of the box that the Lyon stopper is equal to, beating the ball away before his defenders can clear the danger!
86' CLOSE! Busquets' shot saved by Lopes
BUSQUETS IS DENIED BY LOPES! Messi gets on the end of a Vidal header following Alba’s cross, and manages to cut the ball back to a wide-open Busquets who unleashes a drive that forces another excellent reaction save by the Lyon keeper!
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Barcelona slumped to a fourth draw in five matches across all competitions as they were held to a 0-0 stalemate away to Lyon in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 clash.
Ernesto Valverde's men were far from their intense best and were particularly wasteful in front of goal, as Lionel Messi struggled to produce the kind of match-winning display many have come to expect every time he takes to the pitch.
Barca generally controlled the entertaining first half and created some promising opportunities, but were it not for two excellent early saves from Marc-Andre ter Stegen they could have found themselves trailing.
Line-ups
Lyon XI: M.Antonio, Traoré, Anthony Lopes, Depay, Dubois, M. Dembélé, F.Mendy, Jason Denayer, NDombele, Terrier, Aouar
Subs: Marçal, M. Gorgelin, K.Tete, Cornet, Diop, Tousart, O. Solet Bomawoko
Barcelona XI: L. Messi, L. Suárez, Piqué, I. Rakitić, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, M. ter Stegen, S.Roberto, Lenglet, Semedo, O. Dembélé
Subs: Vidal, Philippe Coutinho, Jeison Murillo, S. Umtiti, Carles Aleñá, Malcom, Iñaki Peña