PARIS: Lamine Yamal\u2019s last-gasp penalty earned Barcelona a 1-1 draw at Newcastle United in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Tuesday, while Liverpool lost 1-0 to Galatasaray in Istanbul for the second time this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Atletico Madrid piled more misery on Tottenham Hotspur by winning 5-2 on a nightmare evening for visiting goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky, while Bayern Munich are all but through to the quarter-finals after thrashing Atalanta 6-1 in Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At St James\u2019 Park, Newcastle were heading for a night to savour when Harvey Barnes broke the deadlock on 86 minutes as he turned in a Jacob Murphy cross for his sixth Champions League goal this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Barcelona were awarded a penalty deep in injury time when Dani Olmo was tripped by Malick Thiaw and Yamal \u2014 a peripheral figure throughout the game \u2014 converted with the last kick of the match in the 96th minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That will make Newcastle\u2019s task harder going to the Camp Nou for the return next Wednesday as they aim to reach the quarter-finals for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere\u2019s hope, of course there is. We believe in ourselves, we believe in our capabilities. I think we\u2019ve shown that today,\u201d said Newcastle manager Eddie Howe. \u201cThe moment at the end obviously taints that in a negative light, but I think it was one of our best performances.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Barca boss Hansi Flick agreed the Spanish champions were lucky to leave Tyneside on level terms, but said he would have settled for 1-1 before kick-off due to the number of players he had unavailable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Frenkie de Jong, Jules Kounde and Alejandro Balde were missing for the Catalan giants, while Eric Garcia was left on the bench as a precaution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWith the ball we made not a good game. We lost too many balls, easy mistakes,\u201d said Flick. \u201cWe have to do much better next week. With a 1-1, I was always happy. This is what what I can say.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The winners of that tie look likely to face Atletico in the last eight, after Diego Simeone\u2019s side tore apart Spurs at the Metropolitano, with Julian Alvarez scoring twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was a horrible night for struggling Tottenham and an especially dreadful one for their Czech goalkeeper Kinsky, whose two previous appearances this season had come in the League Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His slip when attempting to clear led to Marcos Llorente slotting in Atletico\u2019s sixth-minute opener, and Antoine Griezmann then took advantage of a Micky van de Ven slip to grab another for the hosts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The game was just 15 minutes old when Kinsky made a complete mess of an attempted first-time pass, gifting the ball to Alvarez for 3-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 22-year-old Kinsky\u2019s humiliation was compounded as he was then substituted by coach Igor Tudor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c(The situation was) very rare. I\u2019ve been coaching for 15 years, I\u2019ve never done this. It was necessary to preserve the guy, preserve the team,\u201d Tudor told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However the Croatian coach defended his decision to start Kinsky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was, before the game, the right choice to do in the moment like we are. With pressure on Vicario, in another competition\u2026 \u2018Tony\u2019 is a very good goalkeeper. It was, for me, the right decision. After this, of course, it\u2019s easy to say that it was not the right decision.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kinsky\u2019s replacement Guglielmo Vicario also wasn\u2019t able to stop the rampant Spanish side as Robin Le Normand\u2019s header made it 4-0 midway through the first half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pedro Porro pulled one back, but Alvarez ran half the length of the pitch following a superb Griezmann lay-off to get Atletico\u2019s fifth early in the second half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dominic Solanke fired in on 76 minutes to make it 5-2, perhaps giving Spurs a glimmer of hope for the return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Griezmann, with a Copa del Rey final to come in April, is dreaming of silverware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n