English clubs had a disappointing outing tonight as Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspurs lost their matches.
Spurs, playing at home bowed to the superior fire-power of Lionel Messi and his Barcelona teammates 2-4 while Liverpool lost to Napoli of Italy by a lone goal.
Philippe Coutinho put the visitors in front as early as the 2nd minute only for Rakitic to double Barcelona’s lead with a 20 yard sublime volley. Harry Kane pulled one back for the home side on the 52nd minute only for Lionel Messi to restore Barcelona’s two goals lead four minutes later.
Erik Lamela scored Spurs’ second goal, but any hope of a comeback by the home side was extinguished when Messi scored his second goal of the night.
In Italy, Liverpool walked alone when Lorenzo Insigne scored for the home side on the 90th minute to give Napoli their first win of their Champions League season.
In other matches, Neymar Junior scored a hat trick as PSG destroyed Red Stars 6-1. Schalke defeated Lokomotiv Moscow by a lone goal while Atletico Madrid crushed Club Brugge 3-1.
Borussia Dortmund hammered Monaco 3-0 as Inter Milan defeated PSV 1-2. FC Porto piped Galatasaray 1-0.
