Rodgers ponders Celtic horror show in Barcelona

Lionel Messi scored his sixth Champions League hat trick on Tuesday in Barcelona’s 7-0 rout of Celtic. Messi, fouled on the edge of the area, passed up his first chance for a hat-trick by allowing Neymar to take the free-kick, and the Brazil global picked out the top-left corner for his fourth goal in two home games against the Scottish champions. “But we need to defend better from the front middle and back, be more compact and fearless on the ball and even here we usually do better than that”.

He said: “It was the only move they had to get into the box which brought danger”.

“It has been many games since we have been able to enjoy being on the pitch together and today we did”, Suarez told TV3.

As Celtic continued to chase shadows Luis Suarez grabbed a double to give Celtic their heaviest European defeat.

The match was rescheduled for Wednesday.

The strike was PSG’s quickest in the Champions League, but the French champions, and Cavani in particular, were guilty of failing to convert a succession of golden opportunities.

The torture just got worse.

Both sides ended a man down after Olivier Giroud and Marco Verratti were sent off at the death. We can still get better though, our communication and understanding of each other is improving all the time.

“When you’re on the other end, it is not so nice, but we can’t be too downheartened”. It hurts us as players.

Barcelona boss Luis Enrique claims Lionel Messi “would be the best in the world in any position” after his hat-trick against Celtic on Tuesday.

Then Andres Iniesta showed that, even at age 32, he can do some incredible things himself as he scored the goal of the game with a spectacular volley. Champions League newcomer Rostov was beaten 5-0 in Munich.

The second half was something of a procession, with a Neymar free-kick making it three and leaving goalkeeper Dorus de Vries asking if he could have done more to keep a relatively central curler out.

Bayern’s triumph puts them top of a tough-looking Group D, ahead of last season’s runners-up Atletico Madrid, who were 1-0 victors at PSV Eindhoven.

“We didn’t make any mistakes throughout the game, apart from one little one in the first half, where we conceded a penalty”.

Napoli took early control of the group with a come-from-behind 2-1 win at Dynamo Kiev, which had Serhiy Sydorchuk sent off in the 68th minute.

Benfica was held 1-1 at home by Besiktas when one of its own players scored late for the visitors.

However, Barca could face further sanctions from UEFA after thousands of separatist Catalan flags were again flown at the Camp Nou. “It was a great way to make our entrance to the competition (this season)”.