BAYERN Munich scored twice in extra time to battle back from two goals down and beat Juventus 4-2 Wednesday night to march into the Champions League last eight with a 6-4 aggregate victory.

    Thiago Alcantara drilled in after 108 minutes and Kingsley Coman curled in their fourth goal two minutes later as Bayern, which needed a 90th-minute equalizer from Thomas Mueller to force extra time, finished stronger to keep up its treble hopes.

    In a reverse of the first leg when Juve came back from a two-goal deficit to draw 2-2, Bayern dug deep to score twice in the second half.

    It was a bitter defeat for last season’s runner-up Juventus, which ran out of steam in extra time to leave domestic titles as its only potential silverware this season.

    The hosts had a golden chance after two minutes when Douglas Costa sent former Juve player Arturo Vidal through, but the Chilean’s poor first touch allowed Gianluigi Buffon to save.

    It was the Bianconeri who drew first blood with Frenchman Pogba capitalizing on a David Alaba mistake to beat Manuel Neuer.

    Bayern, which had not let in a first-half goal in their previous seven games in the competition, were rattled and Neuer almost gifted another goal after sending the ball straight to Alvaro Morata whose looping effort was ruled offside.

    Spaniard Morata, however, made a 40-meter run past four Bayern players to send Cuadrado through for their second goal.

    Bayern showed its first signs of life just before the break when Mueller’s effort was saved by Buffon and the ball rolled narrowly wide from a Robert Lewandowski deflection.

    But Juve, which has let in only one goal in 12 Serie A matches this year, remained solid at the back and kept taking stabs at the shaky Bayern defense, Morata coming close again on the hour.

    Poland striker Lewandowski headed in at the far post for his eighth goal of the campaign to reignite the home side’s hopes in the 73rd minute, triggering a dramatic finale in which Mueller scored in almost identical fashion.

    Substitute Thiago got the goal they needed and Coman, on loan at Bayern from Juve, completed a memorable comeback as coach Pep Guardiola maintained his hopes of a Champions League title in his last season in Munich.

    In Barcelona, Neymar, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez were all on target as Barcelona piled more pressure on under-fire Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger by easing into the Champions League quarterfinals 5-1 on aggregate with a 3-1 win at the Camp Nou on Wednesday.

    Neymar’s early strike appeared to erase any forlorn hopes of an Arsenal comeback, but the visitors were handed a lifeline when Mohamed Elneny drilled into the top corner just after halftime.

    Suarez put the tie beyond Wenger’s men in emphatic fashion with a stunning volley 25 minutes from time before Messi’s cheeky chipped finish rounded off the scoring late on.

    “I don’t know with what I hit the ball, but the most important thing is it went in,” said Suarez.

    A ninth consecutive victory stretches Barca’s unbeaten run in all competitions to 38 games and seals its place in Friday’s quarterfinal draw for the ninth consecutive season.(SD-Agencies)