Lionel Messi breaks UEFA Champions League record, again

Celtic skipper Scott Brown says his side’s second-half display in the 7-0 hammering by Barcelona in the Nou Camp was “unacceptable”.

Messi netted the two opening goals for Barcelona in the 3rd and 27th minutes before completing his hat-trick on the hour mark, as the Spanish giants started the Champions League on a winning note.

Celtic’s Moussa Dembele squandered a chance to equalise as his penalty was saved by Marc-Andre ter Stegen.

As Neymar teed Messi up to smash home the opening goal after three minutes and laid on the pass for the Argentine’s second strike later in the first half, however, there was no sign the feted trio had lost any of their nearly telepathic understanding. “We finally got a chance to start together and we were able to help the team earn the three points”, Suarez said.

He said: “The players couldn’t have come to a more hard place after playing such an intense game at the weekend”.

“There’s a lot to take from the game for the players in terms of technique, in terms of simplicity and quality and lots of things to learn for them from the game”.

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.

And he lauded the impact made by Rodgers in his short time in charge at Celtic in leading the Scottish champions back into the Champions League for the first time in three years.

With the win Napoli has shot to first place in Group B, after former Benfica player Talisca scored from a free kick in injury time to level Besiktas 1-1 in the final game of the day.

“There can be no embarrassment because they do that to better teams than ourselves, (but) it’s obviously a disappointment”, Rodgers said.

Rodgers admitted that he felt helpless watching from the touchline as Barcelona sliced his team apart with five second-half goals.

“Of course, it’s never nice professionally when that happens”, he said.

“I do think it’s unacceptable”. “Whenever you lose as a professional with so many goals it is tough to take, but these players have been brilliant since I came to the club”.

“The ball moves like it’s on an ice rink, it’s a fantastic pitch”.

“But we didn’t panic, overall we were resilient enough and resilience is linked with experience”.

“You can’t be too downhearted”.

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