| A quickfire Thierry Henry double spurred Barcelona on to a 5-2
rout of Olympique Lyon and a place in the Champions League quarter-finals
on Wednesday.
The Primera Liga leaders, who won 6-3 on aggregate, overwhelmed
the French champions to take a 4-0 lead inside 43 minutes with further
goals from Lionel Messi and Samuel Eto'o.
The euphoria inside a packed Nou Camp was tempered, however, when
Lyon scored either side of halftime through Jean Makoun and Juninho
to give themselves a ray of hope.
But their chances of progressing had all but disappeared by the
time substitute Seydou Keita went clear in added time to score past
Hugo Lloris and round off a superb Barca performance.
Coach Pep Guardiola said it had been one of the best of the season.
"We had a little fright when they scored their second but we
managed to plug the gaps," he said at a news conference.
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