CHAMPIONS LEAGUE/Groups A and B: Barcelona...3 Inter Milan...0 Barcelona crushed Inter Milan 3-0 at the Nou Camp to set a record for successive Champions League victories and move to the brink of the quarter-finals.

The Spanish giants left their Primera Liga problems behind them last night. They attacked with real verve from the first whistle and were rewarded as goals from Javier Saviola and Philip Cocu put them well clear inside the opening half hour.

Saviola's cross set up Patrick Kluivert for the third on 67 minutes and the match ended on a real low note for Inter as Alvaro Recoba was sent off for a late challenge on Carles Puyol.

Barcelona's third straight win in Group A in the second phase, and their 11th since the final round of qualifying in August, gave them a maximum nine points and took them three clear of Inter.

That run breaks the Champions League record set by AC Milan when they recorded 10 straight wins in the 1992-93 season and matched the record of 11 wins in European competition set by Ajax Amsterdam over two seasons of Cup Winners Cup action in 1987 and 1988.

A freak goal by Valencia's John Carew left AS Roma's propects of reaching the quarter-finals in tatters last night.

The winner arrived in the 79th minute when Carew spotted Roma goalkeeper Ivan Pelizzoli out of position and curled a harmless looking ball into the area which slipped in at the near post.

BARCELONA: Bonano, Reiziger, De Boer, Puyol, Xavi, Cocu, Gabri, Motta (Mendieta 72), Saviola (Luis Enrique 80), Kluivert, Overmars (Rochemback 69). Subs Not Used: Enke, Andersson, Riquelme, Dani. Goals: Saviola 7, Cocu 29, Kluivert 66.

INTER MILAN: Toldo, Cordoba, Cannavaro, Gamarra, Javier Zanetti, Cristiano Zanetti, Di Biagio (Okan 59), Dalmat, Morfeo (Kallon 65), Recoba, Vieri. Subs Not Used: Fontana, Pasquale, Coco, Sergio Conceicao, Guglielminpietro. Sent Off: Recoba (80). Booked: Cordoba, Cristiano Zanetti.

Referee: A Frisk (Sweden).