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    Messi scores twice as Barca knock Chelsea out of Champions League

    Chelsea went out of the Champions League at the last-16 stage with an error-ridden display against Barcelona.

    Following a 1-1 draw in the first leg, the visitors fell behind after just 128 seconds in the Nou Camp as Lionel Messi shot through the legs of Thibaut Courtois from a tight angle.

    Messi brace

    Messi then set up Ousmane Dembele to hammer home the second after Cesc Fabregas lost possession.

    Messi brace

    Marcos Alonso hit the post for Chelsea with a free-kick before Messi’s 100th Champions League goal – after a mistake by Cesar Azpilicueta – took the hosts out of sight.

    Alonso was then denied a penalty after a challenge by Gerard Pique as Barcelona joined La Liga rivals Real Madrid and Sevilla in Friday’s quarter-final draw.

    Chelsea, meanwhile, join fellow Premier League clubs Manchester United and Tottenham in exiting in the first knockout round.

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