Audio By Carbonatix
Lionel Messi scored his second hat-trick in as many Champions League games to give Barcelona a 4-0 win over Manchester City as Pep Guardiola and Claudio Bravo endured harrowing returns to the Nou Camp on Wednesday.
A slip by Fernandinho allowed Messi to round former teammate Bravo and open the scoring in the 17th minute and the keeper completed a miserable night by getting sent off in the second half for handling outside the area after losing the ball.
The magical Messi hammered in his second from the edge of the area after turning two City defenders and pounced on a Luis Suarez lay-off to complete his treble in the 69th minute.
Barca substitute Jeremy Mathieu was then dismissed for two bookable offences. Neymar had a late penalty saved by substitute Willy Caballero but the Brazilian made amends by scoring the fourth goal in the 89th minute.
Latest Stories
-
ECG announces planned power outages in parts of Tema from Sept. 29 to October 1
10 minutes -
Sylvester Mensah urges Latenu FM to promote trade, export opportunities in Ga
24 minutes -
Ga language under threat of decline as children shy away from speaking it – Sylvester Mensah
29 minutes -
‘Let every Ga child you raise know the Ga language and story’ – Sylvester Mensah
35 minutes -
‘We are not deterred’ – Ablakwa responds to backlash over South Africa evacuation
36 minutes -
NCA announces major voice and data disruption across Northern Ghana due to fibre cuts
1 hour -
Photos: Housing solutions take centre stage at Day 2 of the 3rd Republic Bank-JoyNews Habitat Fair
2 hours -
Ghana Air Force passes out 293 recruits after six months of intensive training
3 hours -
EOCO vrs Baffour Awuah: EOCO should have secured warrant before arrest attempt at court – Inusah Fuseini
3 hours -
Triple fibre cuts disrupt telecom services across Northern, Oti regions – Sam George
3 hours -
Politicisation could undermine parliamentary probe into cocaine seizures – Dr Osae-Kwapong
3 hours -
EOCO chases MP: Can Section 41 cure lacuna in EOCO Act? – Inusah Fuseini asks
3 hours -
GNFS, GWL inspect fire hydrants in Ministries enclave; 23 found faulty
3 hours -
Gov’t directs release of 50,000 bags of grain to ECOWAS
3 hours -
Ghana, Germany deepen cooperation on railways, labour mobility
3 hours