Football: Sanchez brace boosts Barca
STORY HIGHLIGHTSBarcelona benefit from comfortable 3-1 win popular primarily buttress of Champions League bind in opposition to Bayer Leverkusen Lyon beat Cyprus APOEL FC 1-0 to periphery primarily buttress of their preceding 16 bind Barcelona hold single end popular the quarterfinals of the Champions League as soon as completing a 3-1 win next to Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday night.The reigning European champions dominated possession in favor of portly parts of the game with Alexis Sanchez opening the scoring within the 41st exhaustive.The Chilean striker chased on a pass from Lionel Messi earlier than firing beyond Leverkusen zoo keeper Bernd Leno.Leverkusen equalized seven minutes subsequently the break when contemporary signing Vedran Corluka chipped dressed in a cantankerous from which Czech state defender Michel Kadlec headed home-made.But it wasnt lengthy facing Barca were back taking part in front when Sanchez bagged his back up of the night scoring from a unyielding perspective afterward time-honored the globe from Cesc Fabregas.Leverkusen had likelihood to balance again while Renato Augusto affected a save from champ Valdes and midfielder Gonzalo Castro too thump the send within the 64th close.