Celta Vigo are on a roll after following up their UEFA Europa League matchday two success with an eye-catching 4-3 victory against Liga giants Barcelona. The Galician outfit beat Panathinaikos 2-0 on Thursday, but they surpassed that result with their fourth consecutive triumph in all competitions, running up a 3-0 lead against Barça with 33 minutes gone. The visitors responded twice after the break, but Pablo Hernández restored a little cushion before Gerard Piqué ensured a nervy finish.
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Dortmund, Barcelona and City devastate on Saturday
Group AHull 1-4 Arsenal (Snodgrass 79p; Alexis Sánchez 17 83, Walcott 55, Xhaka 90+2)Alexis Sánchez might have had a hat-trick, missing a penalty on 40 minutes after Jake Livermore was dismissed for handling in the box. Substitute Granit Xhaka's first goal for his new club capped a third successive league win for the Gunners. Zug v BaselSwiss Cup – to be played on Sunday at 15:30.Caen 0-6 Paris (Cavani 12 23p 38 45+1, Lucas 67, Augustin 78)Edinson Cavani bounced back from his missed chances against Arsenal to collect hi... UEFA.com - News
Watch Barcelona Vs. Celtic Champions League Game Online (Live Stream)
Share this: Barcelona begins its quest to regain the European title when it plays Celtic in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League at the Camp Nou on Tuesday. Barcelona lost in the semifinal of last year’s Champions League tournament to Spanish rivals Atletico Madrid, but they are once again the favorites to lift the European crown. Here’s how to watch Barcelona vs. Celtic online. When: Tuesday, Sept. 13 at 2:45 p.m. ETLive Stream: FOX Soccer 2Go Thumbnail photo via Jayne Kamin-Oncea/USA TODAY Sports Images More Stories Source link
Barcelona return marks daunting start for Celtic
FC Barcelona open their Group C campaign against a Celtic FC side with unhappy memories of their last visit to Camp Nou.• Celtic lost 6-1 to Barcelona in their last participation in the group stage in 2013 and face a tough start against the five-time winners on matchday one.Previous meetings• Barcelona beat Celtic 3-1 in a pre-season friendly in Dublin on 30 July this year. Although Leigh Griffiths cancelled out Arda Turan's opening effort, Efe Ambrose's own goal and a Munir El Haddadi strike secured the Azulgrana's victory.• The starting XIs were:Celtic: Gordon, Janko, Ambrose, O'Connell, Izaguirre, Brown, Bitton, McG... UEFA.com - News
Neymar’s new Barcelona deal: Top Brazilians
The value of Neymar to Barcelona is clear after the 24-year-old agreed a new contract until 2021 with the club he joined three seasons ago from Santos.While Neymar came to the Camp Nou with a big reputation, he has only enhanced it since, with a UEFA Champions League winner's medal in 2014/15 – the Brazilian finishing joint top scorer with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo – added to be UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup successes plus Spanish doubles in the last two seasons.Neymar has 85 goals in 141 Barcelona appearances, including 17 in 31 UEFA Champions League matches, while forming one part of the Blaugrana's 'MSN' front three with Messi and Luis Suárez that...
Pirro to replace Loris Baz in Barcelona
Michele Pirro will replace injured Loris Baz in the Avintia Racing team at the Grand Prix of Catalunya. The Italian rider has been the official test rider for Ducati since 2013, but he has been always in touch with the competition doing several wild cards and some other races replacing injured riders in the past few years both MotoGP™ and World Superbike. The last time out was in the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello and he finished the race in the top 10 riding a Ducati Desmosedici GP16. But in the seventh round of the MotoGP™ World Championship, scheduled for the 3rd to the 5th of June at Circuit Barcelona-Catalunya, Pirro will race the Avintia
Madrid rivals profit from Barcelona slip-up
TUESDAY'S SECOND LEGSManchester City 2-1 West Brom (Agüero 19, Nasri 66; Sessegnon 6)Making his first start since September, following a long struggle with a thigh injury, Samir Nasri scored City's winner on a rainy evening in Manchester, finishing into an empty net after Sergio Agüero's shot was blocked. The UEFA Champions League contenders had gone behind to a sweet Stéphane Sessegnon effort, but the goalscorer then gave away the penalty from which Agüro equalised – the Argentinian's 18th league goal of the season.Guingamp 0-2 Paris (Lucas 56p 71)Laurent Blanc rested the majority of his first-team players,...