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Lionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona beat Tottenham 4-2 at Wembley to edge closer towards progression from Group B in the Champions League.<\/p>\nLionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona beat Tottenham 4-2 at Wembley to edge closer towards progression from Group B in the Champions League.<\/p>\n
Philippe Coutinho opened the scoring for Barca after just 92 seconds, firing into an unguarded net after Spurs keeper Hugo Lloris had rushed out.<\/p>\n
The France captain had no chance with Ivan Rakitic’s superb 20-yard volley in the 28th minute, though, which flew in off the inside of the post.<\/p>\n
Messi twice hit the post in the early stages of the second half before Harry Kane pulled a goal back for Tottenham after 52 minutes with a curling effort from 15 yards.<\/p>\n
Messi restored the visitors’ two-goal advantage with a delicate left-footed finish in the 56th minute and added his second late on, after Spurs had hit back through Erik Lamela’s deflected effort.<\/p>\n
Barca top the group with six points from two games, while pointless Tottenham prop up the standings and face an uphill battle to make the knockout stages.<\/p>\n
Inter also maintained their perfect start in Group B with a 2-1 victory at PSV Eindhoven.<\/p>\n
Pablo Rosario got the Dutch side off and running but Radja Nainggolan leveled for Inter with a 20-yard strike just before the break.<\/p>\n
Mauro Icardi then put the Nerazzurri in front on the hour mark after rounding keeper Jeroen Zoet and slotting into the empty net.<\/p>\n
Lorenzo Insigne’s last-gasp effort helped Napoli beat Liverpool 1-0 at Stadio San Paolo which sent the Serie A side to the top of Group C.<\/p>\n
Carlo Ancelotti’s outfit were the brighter throughout but only made their dominance pay in the 90th minute when Insigne tucked home Jose Callejon’s low cross.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Neymar had turned on the style as Paris St Germain got their campaign back on track with a 6-1 victory over Red Star Belgrade at Parc des Princes.<\/p>\n
The Brazil forward scored a hat-trick, two of them free-kicks, as the Ligue 1 champions bounced back from their 3-2 defeat at Liverpool in their opening Group C fixture.<\/p>\n
Edinson Cavani, Angel Di Maria and Kylian Mbappe also scored for Thomas Tuchel’s side while the Serbian outfit grabbed a second-half consolation through Marko Marin.<\/p>\n
Atl\u00e9tico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund both maintained their 100 per cent record in Group A with home victories against Club Brugge and Monaco respectively.<\/p>\n
Antoine Griezmann put Atl\u00e9ti ahead after 28 minutes before a stunning strike from Arnaut Danjuma brought Club Brugge level 11 minutes later.<\/p>\n
Griezmann’s second of the night after 67 minutes restored Madrid’s advantage before Koke rounded off a 3-1 win for Diego Simeone’s side.<\/p>\n
At the Westfalenstadion, substitute Jacob Bruun Larsen, Paco Alcacer, who had earlier missed a penalty, and Marco Reus wrapped up Dortmund’s comfortable 3-0 victory over Monaco.<\/p>\n
In Group D, Moussa Marega’s second-half header earned Porto a 1-0 win at home to Galatasaray while Weston McKennie left it late to secure Schalke a 1-0 victory at Lokomotiv Moscow.<\/p>\n