Toothless Barca held to a draw by resistant Lyon

Barcelona were held to a baffling 0-0 draw at Olympique Lyonnais in their Champions League keep going 16 first leg on Tuesday as the two sides stayed undefeated in this present season's competiton.

The La Liga pioneers ruled the match at the Groupama arena however needed exactness in advance and were thankful to their goalkeeper Marc Andre ter Stegen who made two incredible recoveries.

Lyon were energetic in the principal half however came up short on steam after the break and were hanging on in the end organizes as Lionel Messi attempted futile to open up the home barrier.

The second leg will be at the Nou Camp on March 13.

OL mentor Bruno Genesio sprung an astonishment by handling Martin Terrier on the left wing rather than Maxwell Cornet and the 21-year-old did not disillusion.

Barcelona commanded the ownership at an early stage, however Lyon had the initial two shots on target and it took a few wonderful recoveries from Ter Stegen to deny the hosts.

He extended to one side to repel a horrendous low shot by Hassem Aouar in the fifth moment before making a one-gave spare to tip a 25-meter Terrier rocket onto his crossbar.

Barca forward Ousmane Dembele approached in the nineteenth moment when he spilled past Leo Dubois on the left flank, just for guardian Anthony Lopes to deny him in a one-on-one.

The guests had the high ground with 25 endeavors yet were strangely inefficient with just five on focus as they spurned a few counter-assaulting openings.

A Dembele endeavor shaved Lopes' post before Terrier skied his shot over the bar after a sublime arrangement of one-twos destroyed the Barca safeguard as the two sides attempted to break the halt.

Lyon were under attack right off the bat in the second time frame yet their protection was splendidly marshaled by Jason Denayer with Dubois likewise demonstrating definitive against Luis Suarez.

Lopes beat Messi's calculated shot away to keep his side dimension before Dembele was supplanted by Philippe Coutinho, who had a reasonable possibility in the 76th however was denied by in-structure Lopes.

Barca have now neglected to win any of their last six away diversions in the Champions League knockout stage, with their last triumph coming at Arsenal in February 2016.