Champions League – Manchester United facing uphill battle to progress after Barcelona prevail at Old Trafford

As the 20th anniversary of the Norwegian’s treble-sealing triumph against Bayern Munich approaches, the former striker will have to upset the odds at Barcelona’s home once again if his side are to progress next Tuesday.

Luis Suarez’s header off the back of Shaw was all that separated the sides in the first leg at Old Trafford, with the way United frustrated the swashbuckling LaLiga leaders in a 1-0 loss giving them some hope of turning around their first quarter-final in five years.

Solskjaer’s side will also take encouragement from last month’s jaw-dropping win at Paris St Germain, where United made history when becoming the first side in Champions League history to overturn a first-leg home defeat of two goals.

Much like that last-16 clash, the tie could quite easily have been out of sight ahead of the return fixture.

Barcelona had the hosts chasing shadows for the first 25 minutes, with Shaw – suspended for the second leg – accidentally putting Ernesto Valverde’s side ahead after Suarez met a superb cross from Lionel Messi.

Initially ruled out for offside, Video Assistant Referee Massimiliano Irrati overturned the decision.

Philippe Coutinho forced a fine save from David De Gea but Solskjaer’s Reds grew into the game from the mid-point of the first half and at times had Barcelona rattled.

But as much as they frustrated the visitors, they failed to get a shot on target and Solskjaer’s side suffered a fourth loss in five matches.

Cristiano Ronaldo returned from injury to score his 125th Champions League goal but Juventus were held to a 1-1 draw by Ajax in the first leg of their quarter-final in Amsterdam.

After beating holders Real Madrid in the previous round, Ajax again took the game to one of Europe’s giants and more than deserved the superb equaliser scored by David Neres less than a minute after half-time.