Barcelona registered an easy 7-0 win over Celtic thanks to the terrific trio of Messi, Suarez and Neymar.
Barcelona managed to come back strong from a shock defeat to Deportivo Alaves to register a commanding 7-0 scoreline against a Celtic side that came into the match with a huge morale boost thanks to their Old Firm derby triumph.
Watch Video Highlights of the win here:
Twitter-verse burst at the dismantling of the Scottish champions as Barcelona reigned supreme on Tuesday night at Nou Camp.
Barcelona’s have revealed a new #ChampionsLeague kit after tonights result against Celtic… pic.twitter.com/Z0KSsJL6r4
— BenchWarmers (@BeWarmers) September 13, 2016
Barcelona’s last 40 Champions League home games:
WWWWWWWWWDWDWWWWDWWDWDLWWWWDWWWWWWWWWWWW
Goals: 114
Conceded: 29 pic.twitter.com/FcfoW1LsB2— Squawka Football (@Squawka) September 13, 2016
Barcelona vs Celtic
755 Accurate Passes
72% Possession
10 Shots On Target7 Goals pic.twitter.com/0YZyzPcAXO
— EPL Stat Man (@EPLStatman) September 13, 2016
Spot the unnecessary word. “Messi scored his 6th Champions League hat-trick as Barcelona inflicted Celtic’s heaviest ever European defeat.”
— Paul Addison (@pauladdo) September 14, 2016
Barcelona demolished Celtic 7-0, I have not seen so many world class goals by one team in one game ever. INCREDIBLE MSN
— Rishabh (@rishabhh888) September 14, 2016
Barcelona fans and others joined in to hail Messi, Suarez and Neymar as the trio were directly involved in all of the 7 goals.
Since 2014/15, the trident has been responsible for 50 of Barça’s 56 Champions League goals: https://t.co/WZWWdlMqDH pic.twitter.com/jc8PXmZQz1
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) September 14, 2016
Luis Suárez played his 50th home game for Barcelona tonight. His record so far:
50 games
53 goals
25 assists
6 hat-tricksW43 D2 L5
???
— Uber Football Facts (@UberFootbalI) September 13, 2016
Messi-Suarez-Neymar’s game by numbers vs. Celtic:
11 chances created
11 shots
8 take-ons
6 goals
6 assists— Prasad Bhutkar (@marcinthegooner) September 14, 2016
it doesn’t get better than Messi
— maddiTHEbaddie (@MaddiPepper) September 14, 2016
Luis Enrique: “Messi plays as a 6, a 8, a 9 & a 10. He’s football. The best ever. If he played as fullback he’d be the best. Just enjoy him”
— Dave O’Connell (@DaveOCKOP) September 13, 2016
Ter Stegen also received massive praise from the fans for his penalty save.
TER STEGEN! He made a mistake and corrects it immediately by stopping the penalty, wonderful.
— Rafael Hernández (@RafaelH117) September 13, 2016
You shall not pass! ter Stegen takes the congratulations after his penalty
save. #UCL pic.twitter.com/Ch7Pi2WGYP— Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) September 13, 2016
I want to see Ter Stegen start in La Liga ?
— Butters (@ButtersAdapts) September 14, 2016
ter Stegen has saved 3 out of 4 penalties in the Champions League for Barça. [@barcanumbers]
— John Barça (@BarcaVietnam) September 14, 2016
Trolls, though, did not waste time in poking fun at Brendan Rodgers and Celtic players’ pre-match claims to be competitive against Barcelona.
Humiliation tortured & out of champions league a certainty CELTIC SACK BRENDAN ROGERS HE WILL DRAG YOU DOWN TO HIS LEVEL OF FAILURE???P45
— Kevin Snelgar (@KSnelgar) September 14, 2016
Celtic are the laughing stock of European football. ? https://t.co/84tgRlVz5g
— Once in a generation (@WindsorHugo) September 14, 2016
Mario Cuanto Le Ha Metido el Barça al Celtic? pic.twitter.com/imOP7FEy0g
— #BVB&BarçaGirl❤ (@MrsStegen1) September 14, 2016
Did Celtic show good character last night?
— Nate (@fyeahnate) September 14, 2016
Barcelona 7 Celtic 0#FCBCFC #UCL pic.twitter.com/2SABkQgBZ5
— máirt (@HolyHonda49) September 14, 2016
@Iansmills64 Yeah, Celtic got humped in the Nou Camp.
— Brian Rafferty (@BCRafferty) September 14, 2016