It was all going so well.
The acid test was always going to come when the blaugranes faced up to Europe’s big boys of course.
Just as they did against Juventus, Barça collapsed and offered little. Were it not for Marc-Andre ter Stegen, the eight that Bayern had put past them last season might have been repeated.
Watch the highlights back and count the saves the German made on the night.
After such a great run of form as well as results, it was a real choker to lose so comprehensively.
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It does put a line in the sand, however.