Kylian Mbappe scored a stunning hat-trick as Paris St-Germain ripped Barcelona apart in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie at the Nou Camp.
The night did not start well for last year's runners-up when they fell behind to Lionel Messi's 27th-minute penalty.
Messi, regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, was then upstaged on his own turf by France World Cup winner Mbappe as PSG ruthlessly exposed the hosts.
Mbappe danced past Clement Lenglet and smashed in the equaliser before stroking home from 10 yards to turn the game around.
On-loan Everton striker Moise Kean continued his resurgence by heading in unchallenged at the far post to put the Ligue 1 champions in control of the tie.
With Barca looking to pull a goal back, they were caught on the counter-attack and Mbappe curled in the goal of the night with his third.
The second leg takes place on 20 March in Paris, by which time PSG hope to have Neymar back from a thigh injury to face his former side.
Latest Stories
-
It took me 21 years to become NPP’s national chairman but I didn’t resign – Stephen Ntim
23 mins -
New York judge finds Donald Trump liable for fraud in civil case
25 mins -
Company behind Britain’s Got Talent sued by former judge
37 mins -
High school student arrested in Uganda on trafficking charges
42 mins -
Mali delays February polls for ‘technical reasons’
47 mins -
Greater Accra Peace Council cries for government support
1 hour -
NPP mourns former Bantama MP
1 hour -
Welder jailed 23 years over unlawful entry and stealing
1 hour -
FDA orders immediate recall of all batches of Beltocin and Vernetocin injections (Oxytocin 10IU/ML)
1 hour -
Medical Knowledge Fiesta 2023 focuses on role of Artificial Intelligence in a healthy nation
2 hours -
GWCL arrests cable thief at Ichaban treatment plant
2 hours -
Engineering Council investigating collapse of three-storey building at Ofankor
2 hours -
Open burning is illegal, killing many people – AMA
2 hours -
Tsito-Anyirawase road broken culvert fixed; opened to light vehicle traffic
2 hours -
Disinformation most active on X, formerly known as Twitter, EU says
2 hours