Xavi Hernandez's Barca, gambling in Europe's 2nd-tier competition for the primary time considering that 2004, dominated for long periods.
But it become their Turkish visitors who almost grabbed a lead in advance of the go back recreation in Istanbul next week, with Bafetimbi Gomis only denied a winner by using a VAR assessment for offside.
Memphis Depay, making his first start considering that December, forced Galatasaray goalkeeper Inaki Pena into top first-1/2 saves.
Jordi Alba, Ousmane Dembele and Frenkie de Jong all went near within the 2d period for Barcelona, but the hosts could not discover a step forward.
Xavi's aspect are still unbeaten in ninety minutes since defeat by using Bayern Munich of their very last Champions League organization game remaining yr.
But the Catalan giants will likely ought to discover a victory subsequent Thursday to extend their bid to win this competition for the first time.
Rangers took a large step in the direction of attaining the area-finals for the first time when you consider that dropping the 2008 UEFA Cup very last to Zenit Saint Petersburg.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst's guys sponsored up their stunning win over Borussia Dortmund within the play-off spherical with another dominant first-leg performance towards Red Star at Ibrox.
James Tavernier's penalty and Alfredo Morelos' 28th career purpose inside the match positioned the house aspect in command.
