Five key stats from Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 Barcelona | UEFA Champions League

Barcelona spurned a golden opportunity to secure a place in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 last night as they were condemned to a 1-0 defeat by Shakhtar Donetsk at the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg, Germany.

Barça entered the game knowing that even a point would be enough for them to progress to the knockout stages, but put in an abysmal display from start to finish, with Shakhtar walking away with a deserved win.

While it is not the end of the journey, given how things unfolded in the last two seasons, the Blaugrana would have preferred to book their place in the knockouts at the earliest possible. The Catalans must now wait for their next game against FC Porto later this month to do so.

Barring a few players, almost all Barcelona stars struggled to make the desired impression against Shakhtar last night. But, Robert Lewandowski was the most disappointing player on the night as he failed to get any foothold during the match.

Indeed, Lewandowski had just 29 touches against Shakhtar, the least of any player to have played 90 minutes. He averaged a touch every 3.1 minutes.

What’s more, the veteran striker has failed to score in each of his last six matches for Barcelona across all competitions, his worst goal drought since a 10-match run with Borussia Dortmund between December 2010 and February 2011.

Along with Lewandowski, fellow forward Joao Felix, who came on as a substitute in the second half, is also going through a serious goal drought for Barcelona.

Indeed, the 23-year-old on-loan attacker has now failed to score in his last ten appearances for the Catalan heavyweights.

Such dire was Barça’s performance in the first half of the contest that they failed to take a single shot on target.

Indeed, this was the seventh time since Xavi’s arrival that Barcelona had failed to register a shot on target in the first half of a match in all competitions.

Eventually, the Blaugrana finished with just one shot on target in the entire game.

After two years in the Barcelona hotseat, Xavi is yet to crack the code when it comes to European fixtures.

After all, in his 20 matches in charge in European competitions, Barça have managed to win just seven, losing as many, and drawing six.