Neymar, wearing gloves and long sleeves, had Barcelona‘s first of many shots on goal in the fourth minute when he cut back and floated the ball into the arms of goalkeeper Sergei Chernik.
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Neymar scored four goals and set up Suarez for another to fuel Barcelona’s 5-2 win over Rayo Vallecano on Saturday.
The win leaves Barcelona three points clear at the top of Group E after Bayer Leverkusen and Roma played out a 4-4 draw. Forming a formidable duo with Sergio Busquets, substitute Ivan Rakitic read the requirements of the game to perfection, leaving BATE’s defensive block scrambling to keep up with his smart movement.
“I don’t know, he looks the same to me”, Rakitic said.
Yermakovich, 40, bemoaned BATE’s performance but took nothing away from the Champions League holders.
Rakitic got Barcelona on the board in the 48 minute thanks to a great setup play by Neymar, who got the attention of four BATE players, which left the Croatian open and Ivan slammed in a golazo.
“We didn’t suffer in defence because we kept creating pressure”, he said after the game.
Barcelona eased passed BATE Borisov to head to the top of group E by three points. The home side took the lead through Sofiane Feghouli and after Thomas Foket equalised, Stefan Mitrovic’s own-goal settled the match.
After opening the campaign with successive losses to teams they were expected to beat, Arsenal on Tuesday faced a must-win situation against a Bayern side riding a 12-match winning streak, Efe reported.
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique on conceding 11 goals in eight matches. Though Neymar Sr. clarified the entire situation to Brazilian TV last week, Sport still asked the same questions once again regarding the whole situation with the Red Devils and he stated the same thing. “We talked a lot before the game about psychology, which is a key factor for us”. “I don’t think my team will fear Barca, we all have experience in the Champions League”.
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He joined the likes of Andres Iniesta, Rafinha and Lionel Messi as attacking midfield options on the sidelines. The last time Olympiakos went to Zagreb, they drew 1-1 to seal qualification for the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first, and so far only, time in their history.
