APOEL 0-4 Barcelona All Goals & Highlights CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

APOEL 0-4 Barcelona All Goals & Highlights CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
APOEL Nicosia 0-4 Barcelona: Lionel Messi breaks Champions League scoring record with a hat-trick while Luis Suarez nets first goal for the club
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APOEL Nicosia 0-4 Barcelona: Lionel Messi breaks Champions League scoring record with a hat-trick while Luis Suarez nets first goal for the club.
Luis Suarez scored his first goal for Barcelona and opened the way for Leo Messi to rewrite the history books with a hat-trick that took him past Raul as the top-scorer in the history of the Champions League.
Barça were struggling to break down a ten-man Apoel defence that had only conceded four goals in the competition so far when Suarez spun away from his marker and buried a shot into the far corner of Urko Pardo’s net after 27 minutes.
It was the goal that lifted the huge weight of not having scored in his first five games from his shoulders and it also opened the Messi floodgates.
Last week Messi told Argentine newspaper Olé that he would like to stay at Barcelona for the rest of his career but that ‘players don’t always get what they want’.
What sane-minded president would sanction his sale after his latest landmark performances? The 27-year-old is now Barcelona’s all-time top scorer; the Spanish league’s top scorer; and the Champions League’s top scorer too.
He moved past Real Madrid legend Raul when he diverted a Jordi Alba shot past Apoel keeper Urko Pardo. He doubled his tally in the second half converting an Alves pass and then made it 4-0 from Pedro’s cross.
Pardo had to make his first save of the night after just two minutes denying Messi an early goal. Despite having just one point going into the game Apoel have defended well and are top of the Cypriot League. They started with ten men behind the ball and the frustration showed for Barcelona when Dani Alves filed high over Pardo’s bar from distance.
Barça were playing without Neymar who was rested by Luis Enrique who also left Sergi Busquets and Xavi on the bench.
The next real chance came on 18 minutes when Messi wriggled down the right and crossed for Suarez. He had to get his shot away quickly in a packed area and it went tamely straight at Pardo.