Barcelona swatted aside the challenge of Borussia Dortmund as the Blaugrana emerged 3-1 winners at the Camp Nou in a Group F fixture of the UEFA Champions League. The hosts survived an early scare but were excellent thereafter, meaning that the German side were often left searching for answers.
After a quarter of an hour had passed, Luis Suarez made the net bulge after Lionel Messi slipped in a perfectly-weighted through-ball.
However, the linesman raised his flag to rule out the goal.
However, the Uruguayan eventually made the net bulge in the 29th minute when he finished off Messi’s exquisite pass.
Four minutes later, the Argentine got himself on the score-sheet with a superb left-footed finish from the left edge of the box.
Afeter the restart, Dortmund provided a bit more resistance but they were caught by the proverbial sucker punch when Antoine Griezmann found himself in space on the left channel and slotted past Roman Burki.
Though Jadon Sancho pulled one back and hit the post late in the game, it merely acted as a consolation rather than as a springboard for an improbable comeback.
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