Kolkata, March 7 -- A night that saw a goalscoring record was followed by one where goalkeepers took the limelight in the Champions League round of 16. Alisson Becker and Wojciech Szczesny took the headlines in Liverpool and Barcelona's escape to victory but Timon Wellenreuther's penalty save for Feyenoord against Inter Milan and Anatoly Trubin's triple save deserve mention even if they came in a losing cause.
Liverpool and Barcelona won the first leg 1-0 through goals from Harvey Elliott (87th) and Raphinha (61st) respectively, but it could so easily have been otherwise. "It was probably a bit more than we deserved," said Arne Slot, the Liverpool manager.
Their careers once entwined at Roma, Alisson and Szczesny have gone different ways ...