I was at Nou Camp on Wednesday and although the wheels came off spectacularly in the second half, the story of the tie is that for one-and-a-half legs, Newcastle competed really well against Barcelona.
Even so, that defeat leaves Magpies boss Eddie Howe in a similar situation to Liam Rosenior at Chelsea, where it is important that he is has a strong end to the Premier League season to silence all his doubters.
I still think we have seen enough from Newcastle over the course of this campaign for Howe's job to be safe.
The glaring thing for me against Barca came after the game, watching their unused substitutes doing their running drills.
Two of the subs were their big summer attacking signings, Yoane Wissa and Nick Woltemade. The fact they had a huge European tie and neither got on the pitch summed up their impact this season.
So, I have massive sympathy for Howe about that and how much losing top scorer Alexander Isak last summer has affected his team.
This is a massive game for Newcastle, because they have got to pick themselves up and go again, against their biggest rivals.
If they lose this too, you know people are going to hit Howe with that stick that he is is not the right man to take the club forward.
They lost at Stadium of Light before Christmas, when Woltemade scored an own goal, so they simply cannot let the Black Cats do the double over them.
Sunderland’s form has dropped off in the past few weeks and it does look like they are fizzling out, but the question is whether Newcastle can find the energy to see them off. I think they will.
Sutton's prediction: 2-0
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