Barcelona take control
- Published: 15/02/2012 at 05:06 AM
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Two goals from Alexis Sanchez ensured Barcelona enjoyed a 3-1 victory away at Bayer Leverkusen in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie.
In the other match, asecond-half strike from Alexandre Lacazette saw Lyon claim a 1-0 lead from the first leg of their last 16 tie with APOEL Nicosia at Stade de Gerland.Barcelona, defending European champions, dominated for large periods at the BayArena and are now firm favourites to progress to the quarter-finals for the fifth season in succession thanks to a fine full Champions League debut from their Chilean forward, and another virtuoso performance from Lionel Messi.Sanchez, who struggled with injury during the group stages, opened the scoring after 41...
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- Writer: BangkokPost.com with Agency reports
