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#2 Defence? What defence?
While it was of utmost importance for Barcelona to score at least one, conversely, another approach that they could've employed was to shut shop and prevent Roma from scoring - which in all honesty, shouldn't have been too hard.
All Barcelona had to do, was ensure that Roma scored fewer than 3 goals on the night, and considering that the Catalans had only conceded 3 goals in the entire competition leading up to last night, it wasn't that tall an order.
Alas, Barcelona's defence also seemed to pick the wrong day to unravel. A poor bit of defending allowed Dzeko enough space to break past the defence and give Roma their first. Gerard Pique then went on to bring Dzeko down inside the box, gifting the hosts a penalty which was duly converted by De Rossi.
Roma's 3rd goal came from a corner - one that saw an unmarked Manolas dash towards the front post to nod in a free header.
All in all, there's no denying that Roma were exquisite last night. However, there's also no denying that Barcelona certainly did contribute towards their own downfall.
