BARCELONA, March 8 (Reuters) - Barcelona produced a stunning display of attacking football to overwhelm Bayern Munich 4-0 in their Champions League quarter-final first leg at the Nou Camp on Wednesday.
Lionel Messi netted twice and Samuel Eto’o and Thierry Henry once each, with all the goals coming in the first half, as the Primera Liga leaders took firm control of the tie ahead of the second leg on Tuesday.
Bayern had no answer to Barca’s pace and slick passing and the Catalans took the lead in the ninth minute when Eto’o slipped the ball through to Messi and he clipped a precise, low shot past Hans Joerg Butt.
Messi released Eto’o on the right of the area four minutes later to fire between Butt’s legs and the Argentina international scored his second in the 38th minute before Henry side-footed home two minutes before the break. (Reporting by Iain Rogers, editing by Rex Gowar; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
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