Catch up with a breathtaking first half in the Champions League between Newcastle and Barcelona
Anthony Elanga scored twice as Newcastle produced a stunning first-half display to level their Champions League last-16 tie at 3-3 on aggregate, before a stoppage-time Lamine Yamal penalty gave Barcelona the lead heading into the break.
The tie had been level at 1-1 going into the second leg at Camp Nou, and what followed was one of the most dramatic 45 minutes in recent Champions League memory.
Raphinha broke the deadlock on six minutes, slotting past Aaron Ramsdale after Lewis Hall slipped at a crucial moment, gifting the Barcelona forward the time and space to finish into the bottom-left corner.
Newcastle refused to be rattled. Hall made amends nine minutes later, playing a sumptuous ball in behind the Barcelona defence that Elanga gathered before clipping past Joan Garcia first time from the right of the area.
It was a finish of real quality, and one that reminded the Blaugrana of how dangerous Eddie Howe’s side remain on the counter.
Barcelona restored their lead within three minutes. Raphinha clipped a free-kick to the back post, Gerard Martin cushioned a header into the path of Marc Bernal, and the midfielder coolly finished from close range, a goal that will have infuriated Howe, given how cheaply it was conceded.
But Newcastle simply refused to go away. On 28 minutes, Hall slipped a pass to Harvey Barnes on the left, whose low ball across the face of goal was perfect for Elanga to side-foot into an unguarded net at the back post.
Elanga became only the second player to score twice in a Champions League away match at Camp Nou for an English club, after Dwight Yorke for Manchester United in 1998.
The game had everything, a Dan Burn goal-saving block denied Raphinha and Lewandowski in a two-on-one, Yamal blazed over from eight yards with the goal at his mercy, and Cubarsi was booked for a cynical foul on Gordon as Newcastle threatened to break.
Then came the drama. In the fifth minute of stoppage time, referee Francois Letexier was called to the pitchside monitor after a VAR check for a Kieran Trippier challenge on Raphinha.
Having reviewed the footage, he pointed to the spot. Yamal converted, and Barcelona led 3-2 on aggregate at half-time.
