Barcelona Blanks Manchester United With Crucial Away Goal In First Leg

In the Champions League quarterfinals, Barcelona came out with a solid 1-0 away victory over Manchester United.

It only took 12 minutes for Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez magic to commence, but neither will be credited for the Barcelona score.

A fantastic cross from the GOAT found Suarez on the far post. Suarez then headed it into traffic in front of the United goal and a bounce off left back Luke Shaw would be all she wrote for Manchester.

Luis Suarez is back to scoring in England! VAR gives the goal after it was initially ruled offside.
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Initially Suarez was ruled offside but after a short review, the referees awarded the goal.

Manchester managed to attack throughout the game but could never connect and get past or even to Barca goalie Marc-André ter Stegen.

Ter Stegen finished the match without a save while David De Gea managed three on the other side while just failing to stop the own goal off Shaw.

Manchester will remain at home before traveling to Barcelona on Tuesday, April 16. United will be fighting for its 2020 UCL lives in its Saturday Premier League matchup with West Ham.

United recently dropped a match to Wolverhampton, sending it to sixth place in what is proving to be an extremely tight race for the third-sixth spots in the EPL.

Barcelona will travel to the last-place Huesca for its Saturday matchup. With a comfortable first-place, 11-point lead, Barca is sure to have some players sit out this matchup.

Gerard Pique and Luis Suarez will not play in the matchup due to a timely suspension.

If Manchester plays the West Ham match even close to full strength, the team will have one their greatest recent challenges heading into Barcelona needing a big win with tired legs.

De Gea will surely be tested again if Manchester cannot connect on its crosses and create on offense.

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