Barcelona Humiliates Celtic Scoring 7 Goals

 

Lionel Messi took less than three minutes to open the scoring and after Moussa Dembele missed a penalty at the other end, he added a second before half-time. Neymar made it three with a free-kick shortly after the restart and after Andres Iniesta got the fourth, Messi completed his treble and Luis Suarez netted a double too.

This was the Glasgow side's first Champions League group fixture in three seasons after two failed attempts to reach that stage under former manager Ronny Deila. Having taken just three points from a pool containing Barca, AC Milan and Ajax in 2013, they were hoping for a good start to build on their weekend derby win over Rangers.

The result was also the biggest defeat of Brendan Rodgers' managerial career and he will be unhappy at the manner in which some of the goals were lost. The defeat leaves Celtic bottom of Group C with Manchester City still to play Borussia Monchengladbach after their match was called off because of heavy rain.