Barcelona vs Galatasaray LIVE: Europa League result, final score and reaction tonight
Relive all the action from the Europa League tie at Camp Nou
Barcelona were held to a 0-0 home draw by Galatasaray in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie on Thursday as Scottish side Rangers kept their momentum in the competition going with a 3-0 win over Red Star Belgrade.
Barca bombarded Galatasaray with 14 goal attempts against only three from the Turkish side, who were indebted to 23-year-old Spanish goalkeeper Inaki Pena for several fine saves.
Galatasaray also made good chances with winger Kerem Akturkoglu a constant threat to the Barca defence with his pace and range of skills.
Relive all the action from the Nou Camp below.
Barcelona 0 - 0 Galatasaray
63 mins: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is on for Barcelona having replaced Memphis Depay. Jordi Alba drives the ball down the left wing and slots a cross into the six-yard box. Aubameyang is hovering near the goalkeeper but Pena gets in front of him to punch it away. The ball drops to Frenkie de Jong who hits one from range but Pena gets in behind this chance as well.
Barcelona 0 - 0 Galatasaray
60 mins: Sergino Dest comes forward and makes an underlapping run to collect the ball. He takes it into the box, shimmies away from Marcao and then gets stopped by a covering Van Aanholt who knocks the ball behind for a corner.
Barcelona 0 - 0 Galatasaray
57 mins: Close! Pedri slides the ball into the left side of the box where Dembele collects it and squares a pass to Adama Traore on the opposite side of the box. Traore rolls the ball onto his left foot and shoots but the effort is deflected behind for a corner.
Barcelona 0 - 0 Galatasaray
54 mins: Akturkoglu weaves into the penalty area from the left side and cuts inside of Sergino Dest. He runs into Pique and gets closed down by Dest from behind losing the ball before he can lay it off to Mohamed.
Barcelona 0 - 0 Galatasaray
51 mins: Adama Traore swings a cross into the box from the right wing but sends his pass straight into the arms of Pena.
Barcelona 0 - 0 Galatasaray
48 mins: Patrick van Aanholt brings the ball down the left side and curls a pass into the Barcelona box. Sergino Dest intercepts the pass and Barcelona clear their lines.
Second half: Barcelona 0 - 0 Galatasaray
Kick off: Xavi makes a triple change at half-time. Gerard Pique, Sergio Busquets and Osmane Dembele come on to replace Ferran Torres, Ronald Araujo and Nico Gonzalez.
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