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Calamitous Barcelona in ruins as Roma topple Messi's empire

The Blaugrana crashed out of the Champions League on away goals after a shock 3-0 loss in Italy that sees their treble hopes go up in smoke

The famous Champions League comeback happened after all on Tuesday – just not in the game everyone expected.

While all of the talk in the build-up was about whether Manchester City could overturn a three-goal deficit against Liverpool, few gave Roma much hope of a turnaround at home to Barcelona. But the Serie A side pulled off a rousing remontada to dash the Catalans' Champions League dreams and also their hopes of winning the treble.