Barcelona Into Last 16 Despite Inter Scare

Barcelona on Tuesday night gained qualification into the knockout stage of the Champions League courtesy of a 1-1 draw with Inter Milan at the San Siro.

Missing Lionel Messi for the fourth straight game wit a broken arm the Spanish champions had to wait till the 83rd minute before finding the back of the net.

Malcom whose deal was hijacked by the Blaugrana from AS Roma came off the bench to replace Ousmane Dembele and score his first goal for the club.

Barcelona must have thought they were cursing to their fourth straight win in the group which would have guaranteed them top place finish only for their hearts to be broke with three minutes to go.

Mauro Icardi once again on the scoresheet for Inter Milan even though the Nerrazuri were poor on the night and the goal came out of the blues.

With Tottenham rallying late against PSV Eindhoven in the other group game courtesy of two late goals in the final 12 minutes of the game, Barcelona now need just three points from their remaining two games to secure top spot.

Spurs and Inter are left to fight for the second qualification ticket with four and and seven points respectively.

A win for Inter in their next game and a superior head-to-head against Tottenham would see them qualify alongside Barcelona.

Tottenham must win their remaining two matches and must beat Inter Milan convincingly if they would have any hopes of qualification.