Barcelona aim to stay unbeaten in difficult Chelsea test (Preview)

London Feb 19 (IANS) Catalan football powerhouse FC Barcelona aim to continue their unbeaten start to the season when they face a difficult trip to play Chelsea in the first leg of their last 16 UEFA Champions League tie on Tuesday night.

Barcelona visit London unbeaten after 24 games in the La Liga bettering the previous best start to a season set by the Pep Guardiola-coached side in the 2009-10 campaign. They are also undefeated in the Champions League after cruising to the last 16 with four wins and two draws from their six group matches.

The side coached by Ernesto Valverde looked jaded against a highly motivated and disciplined Eibar on Saturday although their firepower was enough to see them to a 2-0 win. And it is possible that a draining start to 2018 which has seen th highest-placed Dutch skater being Ronald Mulder in seventh.

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