Barcelona 3-1 AC Milan (3-1 agg): Barcelona into fifth straight semi-final

The Argentine opened the scoring on ten minutes after he had been brought down by Luca Antonini but Antonio Nocerino levelled just after the half hour after he was set up by Zlatan Ibrahimovic on his return to the Nou Camp.

Messi restored the Catalans’ lead five minutes before the break as Alessandro Nesta was penalised for holding Sergio Busquets and inevitably the World Player of the Year was involved again for the third as his blocked effort rebounded for Iniesta to fire home.

Barcelona’s all-time top-scorer now holds another prestigious record as he equalled former Milan striker Jose Altafini’s record of 14 goals in one season of European football’s top club competition.

However, his side were made to suffer at times for their place in the last four by a Milan team that showed far more attacking intent than during their last visit in September.Adriano should have sealed the tie but skewed horribly wide when clean through with three minutes remaining – but Barca saw out the final stages to equal Real Madrid’s record of five straight semis from 1956-60. They could now face Chelsea in the last four if the Londoners can see off Benfica tonight.

• Two first-half goals from Ivica Olic helped Bayern Munich to a routine 2-0 win over Marseille that booked them a Champions League semi-final birth. Already leading 2-0 from the first leg, the German giants were always favourites to progress and so it proved as two clinical moments from the Croatian proved sufficient to secure a 4-0 aggregate success and keep them on course for a possible appearance at the final at their home stadium.