Barcelona 3-0 Liverpool | Champion League semi-final, First leg

Free kick Messi goal

Lionel Messi's two second-half objectives - including a dazzling free-kick - earned Barcelona an attractive favorable position and left Liverpool with an omnipotent errand in their Champions League semi-last. 

The Reds were in the command in spite of going behind to Luis Suarez's first-half strike - yet they were then hit by a twofold sucker-punch from the Barcelona number 10. 

The Argentine forward's first was instinctual, as he followed up Suarez's shot that fell off the bar, however, the second was glorious as he discovered Alisson's upper right corner from 25 yards out. That was his 600th objective for the Spanish goliaths. 

Liverpool came distressingly near a possibly essential away objective when Roberto Firmino's strike was cleaned up the line, before Salah some way or another struck the post as opposed to scoring with the development. 

Barcelona's Ousmane Dembele ought to have put the tie out of the Premier League side's scope in the end seconds, yet he scraped it directly at Alisson from a couple of yards out.

Mohamed Salah was a standout amongst Liverpool's best players at the Nou Camp however botched two great opportunities 

What more could Klopp ask of his men in the second leg on Tuesday (20:00 BST kick-off at Anfield) after a showcase where they always tested and forced the challenge top choices? 

Possibly some karma could have gone their direction. Sadio Mane, with 15 objectives in his previous 18 amusements, shot well over from eight yards out after he was found by Jordan Henderson's ball from the privilege in the primary half. 

What's more, in their time of mastery after the interim, Ter Stegen was at full stretch to push away Milner's shot before the German plunged low on his right side to make a one-game prevent from Salah's drive. 

Liverpool would not give their heads a chance to drop after Messi's smaller than a normal show. Be that as it may, they more likely than not suspected the divine beings are not sparkling on them this year after both Firmino and Salah botched obvious opportunities you would have put cash on them to score. 

The Reds have been known to create supernatural occurrences with a 3-0 deficiency. They should create another one week from now. 

Messi enchantment soothes weight 

This was the La Liga champions at their most liquid - an incomparable case of erratic, assaulting football with the cutting edge of Messi, Suarez and Philippe Coutinho all on a similar wavelength. 

Maybe more significantly for mentor Ernesto Valverde, his barrier - disconnected on occasion against Manchester United in the last eight - was unquestionably increasingly steadfast against a progressively fearsome assault. 

After a time of weight, they led the pack in the 26th moment when Suarez kept running in behind Joel Matip and controlled in Jordi Alba's incredible slanting through-ball. 

The Catalan side yielded ownership after the break in any case, bar those two endeavors from Milner and Salah, looked agreeable - before Messi mitigated the weight on his backline with two objectives in a seven-minute spell. 

His opener came marginally randomly to him after Suarez attempted to benefit from Matip's unintended through-ball. 

That was objective number 599 for the club, so it was just fitting that the following one was something extraordinary - a free-kick that appeared to set out toward the top corner when it left his boot. 

Substitute Dembele ought to have put the tie totally past the Reds be that as it may, similar to Mane, needed precision with the objective before him. 

Man of the match This Match-Lionel Messi 

Lionel Messi

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Lionel Messi scored his 600th Barcelona objective, 14 years to the day since he scored his first against Albacete in May 2005. 

Barcelona broadened their record Champions League keep running of 32 home matches without thrashing (W29 D3 L0), with this their first home success over Liverpool in European challenge at the fifth endeavor. 

Liverpool endured their joint-heaviest Champions League rout, additionally losing 0-3 to Real Madrid in October 2014. 

The Reds have lost the away leg of their previous six noteworthy European semi-finals, four of which have been in the Champions League (already 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2017-18). 

Barcelona (502) turned into the second group to score 500 Champions League objectives, after Real Madrid (551). 

Just previous Real striker Raul (33) has scored against more extraordinary Champions League rivals than Messi (32), scoring his first objective in his third appearance against Liverpool.