Thursday's newspaper back pages are headlined on Newcastle's heavy 7-2 defeat by Barcelona in the Champions League in the second leg of the last-16 tie. But despite an unflattering scoreline, former Premier League striker Chris Sutton told BBC Radio 5 Live's Champions League Debrief "there's more to it than that". "They were pummelled for one half of one half of football and Newcastle gave such a good account of themselves. You take a risk by having that approach because Barcelona have some brilliant attacking players, but Newcastle always looked a threat. "I thought Newcastle would run out of steam, but I didn't see it panning out like that second half and ultimately, Barcelona wiped the floor with them.

Source: Express March 19, 2026 11:58 UTC