“It was a flawless game”, said the Uruguayan after the match.
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That led to Gerard Pique grabbing a goal (even if it was a few days late for his own liking) and Adriano also reminded us of his continued existence and presence on the squad with Barca’s sixth.
Dzeko glanced home with the final act of the night but it will have come as anything but a consolation for Rudi Garcia and Roma. Coming from an outstanding win against Real Madrid in the domestic league, the Barcelona side look masterful in their performance and they surely should try to do the same.
“We are playing in our stadium with our fans, so I think Madrid are the favourites”.
Arsenal kept alive their hopes of reaching the Champions League last 16 for a 16th straight season when they beat Dinamo Zagreb 3-0 while Bayern Munich did them a favour by thrashing Olympiakos Piraeus in Group F on Tuesday.
Lionel Messi rounds off a sublime passage of play for Barcelona in their Champions League match against AS Roma.
However, he took only 18 minutes to mark his first start with a goal of the highest calibre.
The situation appears rather more straightforward for Chelsea, who cruised to a 4-0 win over Maccabi Tel Aviv in Israel with Gary Cahill, Willian, Oscar and Kurt Zouma on target.
Suarez walked the ball home following a slick team move after 15 minutes and then just three minutes later Barca cut through the Roma defence again.
“We need to improve positioning in the opposite half, we need to improve taking chances, we need to improve at dropping back, we need to stop the opposition getting so many corners”.
Jordan Ferri put Lyon ahead after seven minutes, only for Danijel Milicevic to equalise with a curling free-kick.
Roma, second in the group one point ahead of Bayer Leverkusen and two clear of BATE Borisov, were held 2-2 in heavy rain on Saturday by lowly Bologna and are fourth in Serie A.
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Elsewhere, Zenit St Petersburg, who had already qualified for the last 16, made it five wins out of five in Group H by beating Valencia 2-0 in Russian Federation.
