Following on from Madrid's 4-0 thumping of Tottenham on Tuesday night, Barca appear to have completed all of the laborious work of their residence quarter-closing tie after one other memorable European night time on the Nou Camp.
Andres Iniesta, Dani Alves, Gerard Pique, Seydou Keita and Xavi have been on the mark for the Catalan giants, whereas Shakhtar's sole reply came from Yaroslav Rakitskiy after they have been already 3-zero down.
Barca coach Pep Guardiola admitted he had a foul feeling about this match, however his fears may have been eased after seeing his take the lead after just 99 seconds by way of new father Iniesta.
Barca have been celebrating a second purpose quickly sufficient though as Alves netted after latching onto an inch-excellent cross by Iniesta.
Iniesta's lofted ball in in direction of the penalty spot may need been collected by Pyatov however, as the goalkeeper waited for the ball, Alves nipped in to steal possession earlier than slotting into an empty goal.
Messi and Xavi both had efforts saved before Guardiola's side made it three-0 in the 53rd minute by means of Pique following a coaching-floor move.
At that time Barca looked to be cruising into the semi-finals but Shakhtar gave themselves a glimmer of hope after netting an away objective within the 58th minute, with Rakitskiy making the decisive touch on the proper finish this time.
Shakhtar's hope was brief-lived however as Barca immediately went down the other end and restored their three-goal lead.
Messi beat his man earlier than rolling a cross across the sting of the realm to the unmarked Keita, who slammed an unstoppable shot into the close to top corner of the net.
Barca all however killed the tie off by notching a fifth objective in the 86th minute when Xavi slotted in Alves' pass.
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