Raphinha underlines Barcelona’s class to give Aston Villa a reality check
On a processional night at the Camp Nou Barcelona produced a performance of unhurried, high-grade incision, easing to a 3-0 Champions League victory that never really seemed to tip into an actual close-quarter contest before it was already gone.
Key points
- All the updates as a Lamine Yamal opener and a Raphinha brace fire Barcelona to victory at Camp Nou.
- Barca took early lead through Lamine Yamal before Raphinha continued fine goal-scoring form with a second-half brace.
- This was a chastening night for Aston Villa, and a familiar one for Unai Emery in this corner of town.
Lamine Yamal opened the scoring and pulled the strings while Raphina scored twice as Barcelona outclassed Villa Steven Gerrard and Ally McCoist are on co-commentary duty for TNT Sports alongside Darren Fletcher in Barcelona.
Additional details
- “Overall we are competing fantastically in the Champions League; we have nine points.
- “I’d like to apologise to Aston Villa, the owners and their fans.
- My language this week was clumsy and wrong,” Carragher wrote on X on Saturday.
- “There are a lot of things to learn today,” Emery said afterwards.
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