Celtic coach Brendan Rodgers says his side’s 7-0 Champions League thrashing at the hands of Barcelona is a hard result to stomach.
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Brazilian star Neymar set up Lionel Messi for the opener in the third minute and the Barca captain added a second from close range in the 27th minute after Parkhead striker Moussa Dembele had a penalty saved by Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
Messi needed just three minutes to open his account after he took a pass from Neymar before smashing the ball home from a tight angle.
A hat-trick from Lionel Messi, two goals from Luis Suarez and a strike apiece from Neymar and Andres Iniesta saw the Spanish champions inflict upon Celtic their heaviest defeat in the history of the competition.
“Obviously there’s a massive moment in the first half”.
Coach Pep Guardiola’s team will try again on Wednesday evening. The pair are now working at clubs with vastly different expectations.
Cavani, now with more responsibility after Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s offseason exit, then missed three clear chances to extend the lead.
“Messi, I would like him to play every single minute”.
Both sides finished the match with 10 men as PSG midfielder Marco Verratti and Arsenal substitute Olivier Giround were sent off in the 93rd minute. Marco Verrati and Olivier Giroud, who was also sent off in Arsenal’s Champions League opener past year, were sent off following an altercation.
He said, per Goal: “He plays everywhere because he has freedom”.
Basel levelled in the 79th when Renato Steffen took advantage of a goalkeeping error.
“I’d settle for us playing well”, opined one, “even if we lose 3-0”. “The ball moves as if it is on an ice rink and they move as fast as that, they are high-level, top players with big belief and that is why they are what they are”. It also improved on a 6-1 win over Celtic from their last meeting in 2013. However, Suarez showed his unselfishness rather than his killer instinct a minute later by squaring for Messi to roll home and complete his sixth Champions League hat-trick.
But what does Celtic ‘s 5-1 annihilation do to Rangers and Mark Warburton?
Celtic thrashed their arch-rivals Rangers 5-1 at the week to consolidate first place in the Scottish Premiership and ensure they head into their fixture against Barcelona in good heart.
It was Bayern’s 13th consecutive home victory in the Champions League, beating the previous best mark held by Manchester United. It became very hard and the final score was very disappointing, but we can take a lot from the game in terms of technique and quality. “It’s hard to surpass the figures of last season”.
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The two worked together at Liverpool, where Rodgers managed the Uruguay global for two years as he fired a stunning 54 Premier League goals under the Northern Irishman’s stewardship before moving on to Barca. In March, Atletico won a penalty shootout after two goalless draws en route to the final.
