Match ends, Barcelona 3, BATE Borisov 0.
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Holders Barcelona took a big step towards the knockout stages of the Champions League with a comfortable victory over BATE Borisov.
Brazilian forward Neymar scored twice for the home side, including a penalty, with fellow striker Luis Suarez toe-poking in on the hour mark.
Roma picked up their first win of the group stages with a 3-2 victory against Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen.
Mohamed Salah and Edin Dzeko were both on target for the Italians.
Admir Mehmedi and Javier Hernandez had drawn Leverkusen level after trailing 2-0 at the break, but Bosnian Miralem Pjanic struck a winning penalty with 10 minutes remaining.
Barcelona have won three and drawn one of their four games as they look to become the first club since AC Milan in 1990 to defend their title.
"I am happy with the game. They barely caused any danger and it was a just result," said Barca head coach Luis Enrique.
"There are lots of positives as it is never easy to win in the Champions League. We want to finish top of the group and we have to beat Roma and go from there."
One 100% record remaining
Russian side Zenit St Petersburg are the only team left in the competition with a 100% record after beating Lyon 2-0 in France. Striker Artyom Dzyuba scored twice for Andre Villas Boas's men who have qualified for the knockout stages.
The other game in Group H ended in a shock result as Belgian side Gent recorded their first Champions League win with a 1-0 triumph over the 2000 and 2001 runners-up Valencia.
Porto maintained their unbeaten record in Group G, as goals from Cristian Tello, Andre Andre and Miguel Layun gave them a 3-1 victory over the pointless Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Line-ups
Barcelona
Formation 4-3-3
- 1ter Stegen
- 6Alves da SilvaBooked at 51mins
- 14Mascherano
- 23Vermaelen
- 21Correia
- 4RakiticSubstituted forEl Haddadiat 20'minutes
- 5BusquetsSubstituted forGumbauat 76'minutes
- 8IniestaSubstituted forBartraat 68'minutes
- 20Roberto Carnicer
- 9Suárez
- 11Neymar
Substitutes
- 3Piqué
- 13Bravo
- 15Bartra
- 17El Haddadi
- 18Alba
- 19Ramírez
- 28Gumbau
BATE Borisov
Formation 4-4-2
- 16Chernik
- 33Polyakov
- 3Gayduchik
- 19Milunovic
- 25MladenovicBooked at 30mins
- 22Stasevich
- 8VolodkoSubstituted forNikolicat 68'minutesBooked at 80mins
- 5Yablonski
- 42VolodkoSubstituted forRiosat 78'minutes
- 62Gordeychuk
- 18MozolevskiBooked at 44minsSubstituted forHlebat 61'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Dubra
- 7Karnitski
- 10Nikolic
- 11Jevtic
- 17Rios
- 34Soroko
- 81Hleb
- Referee:
- Istvan Vad
- Attendance:
- 68,502
Match Stats
Home TeamBarcelonaAway TeamBATE Borisov
- Possession
- Home77%
- Away23%
- Shots
- Home23
- Away5
- Shots on Target
- Home7
- Away2
- Corners
- Home7
- Away1
- Fouls
- Home10
- Away10
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Second Half ends, Barcelona 3, BATE Borisov 0.
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Attempt blocked. Munir El Haddadi (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Attempt missed. Marc Bartra (Barcelona) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is high and wide to the right.
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Neymar (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Evgeni Yablonski (BATE Borisov).
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Attempt missed. Sergi Roberto (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
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Foul by Luis Suárez (Barcelona).
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Nemanja Milunovic (BATE Borisov) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal!
Goal! Barcelona 3, BATE Borisov 0. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luis Suárez following a fast break.
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Attempt blocked. Nemanja Nikolic (BATE Borisov) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Evgeni Yablonski with a cross.
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Attempt missed. Marc Bartra (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner following a corner.
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Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Denis Polyakov.
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Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Nemanja Milunovic.
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Attempt blocked. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Munir El Haddadi.
Booking
Nemanja Nikolic (BATE Borisov) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Luis Suárez (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Nemanja Nikolic (BATE Borisov).
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Foul by Sergi Roberto (Barcelona).
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Denis Polyakov (BATE Borisov) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
