Barcelona 3-0 Chelsea: Player Ratings

Barcelona

Marc-Andre ter Stegen – 6/10

Although Chelsea were threatening the Barcelona defence, the Barcelona shot-stopper was not forced into any difficult saves. He did well to keep out Alonso’s effort, but he was fortunate to keep a clean sheet with Chelsea hitting both the post and the crossbar.

Sergi Roberto – 6/10

Roberto is a wonderful player on the ball and brilliant at bringing the ball forward and going forward. However, his defensive abilities are at times, suspect. Luckily tonight he wasn’t punished, but later on in the tournament, it’s unlikely he will be used at full-back.

Gerard Pique – 8/10

Pique put in a brilliant defensive display on a night where Chelsea poured forward in an attempt to try and get something out of the tie. He was potentially lucky not to have had a penalty given for his tangle of legs with Marcos Alonso, but other than that the Spaniard was world class.

Samuel Umtiti – 8/10

Umtiti threw himself in front of every ball, blocking multiple efforts, and made sure his team would keep a clean sheet.

Jordi Alba – 7/10

It looked for a while last season that Alba was slowly being pushed out of the Barcelona line-up, but he looks rejuvenated under Ernesto Valverde. His electric pace is dangerous for any team on the attack, and in addition to that, he nullified any threat from Moses, and later Zappacosta, on the right all evening.

Ousmane Dembele – 7/10

The Frenchman scored Barcelona's second goal in style as he hit a thunderous effort into the top corner with his weak foot. There have been many rumours that Dembele is unsettled in Spain, but if tonight is anything to go by he will now be a lot happier.

Sergio Busquets – 7/10

As usual, Busquets was very good at recycling possession and starting Barcelona’s build-up play. He was forced off early through injury, but his work was done.

Ivan Rakitic – 6/10

Rakitic may not have been involved as much as he would have liked and was playing with the game mostly being played in front of him, which is unusual for him and Barcelona, but he still worked hard and put in a good shift.

Andres Iniesta – 7/10

Playing slightly out of position on the left, Iniesta still put in a very good performance for a man of his age. His highlight was a beautiful backheel to set Suarez up for a chance, showing he certainly still has it.

Luis Suarez – 8/10

Even though Suarez failed to get on the scoresheet and missed a good chance after being given the ball by Courtois, it was still a great performance from the Uruguayan. His lay-off set up Messi for the opener, and he also laid the ball off to Messi before he scored his second of the evening.

Lionel Messi – 9/10

Involved in every goal, it’s no surprise that Messi was by far the best player on the pitch, as he is so often. He squeezed the ball home from a very tight angle for the opening goal, made a terrific run before playing the least expected ball into Dembele which set up the second, and took two magnificent touches to take three players out the game as he once again knocked it through Courtois’ legs.

Substitutions:

Paulinho – 6/10

The Brazilian came on to replace Iniesta, but did not quite have the same impact. He missed a header from point-blank range from a corner, but other than that he was hardly involved during his cameo.

Andre Gomes – 7/10

Gomes this week labelled his time with the club as ‘hell’ but he was still given the opportunity to prove himself, as he replaced Sergio Busquets. And impress he did, as he showed some nice footwork at times along with keeping it simple and retaining possession.

Aleix Vidal – 6/10

Vidal tried his best to get involved and make things happen in attack, but after his arrival, the game had very little relevance, with Barca already having sealed their place in the quarter-final with their three-goal cushion.