PARIS – Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez hailed his side’s 3-2 win away to Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final on April 10, insisting that the victory showed the Catalans could once again compete with the very best teams in Europe.

“We had time to prepare for this game and everything turned out very well, in defence and in attack,” he said after substitute Andreas Christensen’s 77th-minute header gave Barca the victory at the Parc des Princes.