Barcelona cruised into the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday night with a 4-0 win over Borussia Monchengladbach, breaking a competition record along the way.
The 993 passes attemptedby the reigning Spanish champions was the most in a single Champions League game since the statistic was first recorded in the 2003/04 season - beating their own record of 971, set against Rubin Kazan back in 2010 at the height of Pep Guardiola's tiki-taka reign.
993 - Barcelona have attempted 993 passes vs Borussia, a record in a single UCL game since 2003/2004. Taka pic.twitter.com/TJHDIBUHIU
A weakened Barcelona midfield of Andres Iniesta, Andre Gomes and Denis Suarez contributed in a big way, as the team completed 905 of their 993 pass attempts.
Marcareport that Barca now hold the top eight slots on the list of single-game pass attempts, with Bayern Munich appearing twice to round out the top 10 - both times under the management of Guardiola.
Barcelona: Made at least 111 more passes in the opposition half vs Gladbach (643) than any other team has in a CL game this season pic.twitter.com/m058QKESWW
The Catalan side have struggled domestically in recent weeks, with four draws on the bounce against Malaga, Real Sociedad,Hérculesand Real Madrid, but the confidence boost of thrashing the German team could do them the world of good as they look to get theirPrimera División challenge back on track.
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