they may still be five games away from lifting a fifth european cup but barcelona's win against manchester city on wednesday evening did ensure the catalan giants broke a record luis enrique's side became the first team to reach eight consecutive champions league quarter finals after seeing off the premier league champions 1 0 on the night and 3 1 on aggregate ivan rakitic's first half strike made for a relatively comfortable evening for the la liga leaders, particularly after sergio aguero fluffed a penalty in the 77th minute barcelona's ivan rakitic (left) lifts the ball over joe hart to give his side the lead against manchester city  rakitic is congratulated by his team mates lionel messi (left) and luis suarez as dani alves runs to join them  barca boss luis enrique has led the club to their eighth consecutive champions league quarter final  2007 08   semi finals  2008 09   winners  2009 10   semi finals  2010 11   winners  2011 12   semi finals  2012 13   semi finals  2013 14   quarter finals  2014 15   ? before the game barca were level on seven consecutive champions league quarter finals with rivals real madrid and manchester united los blancos, who are also in the last eight after squeezing past schalke last week, made seven quarter finals in succession between 1998 and 2004, while united managed the same feat between 1997 and 2003 barcelona have consistently made it through to the latter stages of the competition since 2008, winning finals against united in both 2009 and 2011 the nou camp outfit also lifted the famous trophy in 2006 when they beat arsenal in paris, although they were eliminated by liverpool at the last 16 stage the following season messi and team mates including carles puyol and xavi pose after winning the champions league in 2009  barcelona's stars and backroom staff celebrate after beating manchester united in the 2011 final at wembley  real were even more impressive during their run as they won the competition in 1998, 2000 and 2002, seeing off juventus, valencia and bayer leverkusen in each of respective finals sir alex ferguson could only manage one final during united's seven season streak but the red devils did emerge victorious against bayern munich in 1999 to complete the treble with the copa del rey and la liga also in their sights, lionel messi and co will be hoping to do the same this season
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