3 things that went wrong for AS Roma against Barcelona

#2 Roma buckled under pressure

Roma were left quaking in the boots — Roma

Adding to the earlier point that Roma were effervescent in the attack, Barcelona, during those spells, only threatened intermittently when they rushed forward on the counter. And that perhaps, was enough to rattle Roma's cage. The own goals on the night couldn't testify this more.

On the first occasion when Iniesta waltzed into the box and laid a low drive for Messi, Daniel De Rossi was guilty of connecting with it too hard while intercepting it. Whilst it was understandable that he had to intervene or otherwise let an on-rushing Messi poke home a finish, the veteran Italian perhaps struck it way too hard for Alisson to parry, and inadvertently buried in his own net. It was a sign of Roma succumbing to the pressure that the hosts tried to mount on them.

That trick worked again in the second half when Rakitic burst into the box and laid off for Umititi, but Manolas' interception ricocheted off the post first and then off him before bouncing over the line. Here, Alisson was found reacting to the cross too quickly and hence, was rendered helpless.

Another sign of wilting when the pressures were running high.