Champions League: Three talking points from Napoli 1-1 Barcelona

Barcelona let Napoli off the hook

Barcelona really let Napoli off the hook on Wednesday night with a 1-1 draw that leaves the tie very much in the balance after the first leg in Italy.

Xavi’s side were the better team for long periods of the game and fully deserved to go 1-0 up when Robert Lewandowski made their dominance count.

For once, Barcelona had actually started the game strongly and didn’t give the hosts a sniff in the first half of the match at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium.

0 - Barcelona didn't allow the opposition a single first half shot for the first time in the Champions League since December 2016 against Borussia Mönchengladbach and for the first time in the knockout stages…