Latest: Barcelona (6) 2-0 (1) Paris Saint Germain
Latest: Bayern Munich (5) 4-0 (3) FC Porto
Lewandowski almost puts the result beyond any doubt with a sixth but fires wide. Eleven minutes remain and Porto need two goals.
Surely Porto are not about to stage an almighty comeback are they? Jackson Martinez has other ideas and and after holding off Boateng he whistles a short just wide of Neuer's goal.
Goal: Bayern Munich 5-1 FC Porto (Jackson Martinez)
A consolation or the start of an unlikely comeback. Either way Porto are on the board in Bayern as Jackson Martinez converts a far post header. Less than 15 minutes remaining to grab the remaining two goals required to progress.
Ter Stegen prevents Ibrahimovic from crowning his return to Barcelona with a good save to keep out the Sweden international. Pastore was in a much better position but he was never about to pass.
So Pepe Guardiola has ripped his trousers, presumably while celebrating at least one of Bayern's five first half goals. Celebrity spots, fashion scrutiny; this is what these second halfs are forcing upon me. It's not been great folks.
Andy Murray, the British number one tennis player, spotted in the Nou Camp crowd alongside good friend Ross Hutchins. Some honeymoon for the newlywed two-time grand slam champion.
It's a variation on fantasy football wherever you look tonight, whether it been at Bayern Munich or Barcelona. Both teams are trying to walk the ball in as we enter the final quarter of our two matches. Lionel Messi has been surprisingly quiet tonight, I wonder if he might make a contribution before the night is out.
Hard to get that excited about what remains in the games in Bavaria and Barcelona with both games resembling matches which have little in the way of legs to them, despite over half an hour in each tie remaining. Verratti should have given PSG a glimmer of hope but he drives wide from 20 yards while Bayern come close to a sixth as Xabi Alonso curls a free-kick over the bar.
Back under way at the Nou Camp and the Allianz Arena. A stroll in the park in the second halfs you feel.
What a first in the Champions League. Bayern Munich have gone from quarter-finals failures to trophy contenders in the space of 45 minutes with five, yes five, first half goals against FC Porto to turn the tie on its head. Robert Lewandowski has two, Thiago Alcantara, Jerome Boateng and the mercurial Thomas Muller have the others while the Portuguese club have offered nothing and are in the process of being dumped out of the competition in emphatic fashion.
At the Nou Camp it has been slightly more routine for Barcelona who have netted twice in the first half through Brazilian Neymar while PSG have wilted under the pressure of creating Champions League history. One way traffic in both of our quarter-final ties.
Goal: Bayern Munich (6) 5-0 (3) FC Porto (Robert Lewandowski)
You'll do well to find a more dominant performance from a team this season. Bayern have been awesome and they take their chance to pile on the misery when Mulller crosses for Lewandowski, who takes one touches to control, creates some space and hammers into the corner. They have blown away Porto in less than 45 minutes.
Goal: Bayern Munich (5) 4-0 (3) FC Porto (Thomas Muller)
When it is your night, its your night. Bayern make it four and we've barely got 36 minutes on the clock. Thiago feeds Muller who shoots goalwards, with his effort defelcted off Bruno Martins Indi and wrong-footing Fabiano. Start to etch Bayern onto your Champions League wall charts (if one actually exists).
Goal: Barcelona (5) 2-0 (1) Paris Saint Germain (Neymar)
Very, very easy for Barcelona and they put the tie beyond any doubt with a second goal 11 minutes before the break. Dani Alves is allowed to cut onto his left foot, swing a cross in towards Neymar who had drifted in between Gregory van der Wiel and David Luiz and heads unmarked into the corner.
Goal: Bayern Munich (4) 3-0 (2) FC Porto (Robert Lewandowski)
Goodnight Porto. A third goal inside 27 minutes for Bayern who are strolling as things stand into the semi-final. Lahm's cross is helping across by Muller and Lewandowski nods a powerful header beyond Fabiano. The German champions look in the mood tonight and Porto have no answer.
Goal: Bayern (3) 2-0 (3) FC Porto (Jerome Boateng)
Barely midway through the first half and Bayern have wiped out Porto's first leg lead and it is now them who are heading for the last four. Muller wins a header from a right-wing corner and Boateng rises highest and nods delicately beyond Fabiano.
Goal: Bayern Munich (2) 1-0 (3) FC Porto (Thiago Alcantara)
The pressure finally tells in Bavaria and it's game on. Gotze lays the ball back to Bernat and his cross picks out Alcantara, who scores his second Champions League goal in as many games to give Bayern a glimmer of hope of getting through this tie. They need one more unanswered goal to reach the last four.
Goal: Barcelona (4) 1-0 (1) Paris Saint Germain (Neymar)
PSG still need three goals tonight but Barcelona are already into their stride and lead on the night thanks to a sumptuous goal. Iniesta beats three players and plays an inch-perfect pass to Neymar on the run, who beats David Luiz, rounds Sirigu and finds the empty net.
First chance for Bayern and they go within inches of going ahead on the night. Thomas Muller breaks through and when his shot across Fabiano is pushed out Lewandowski follows up by hitting the post from point blank range. The Pole did well to get there, but he should have scored.
All Bayern Munich in the early stages bu they're yet to make their possession count. No Arjen Robben to get behind Porto tonight so expect they'll be playing in front of that back-four for most of the night.
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