Barcelona 4-1 Bayern: Blaugrana take revenge, Raphinha shines with a hat-trick

Barcelona captain Raphinha scored a hat-trick to lead his side to a commanding 4-1 home victory over Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

1' RAPHINHA opens the score after 1 minute!!!! Barcelona 1-0 Bayern

10' NO GOAL! VAR rules offside. Bayern 0-1 Barça

16' Kane's header saved by goalkeeper

18' HARRY KANE scores again and this time it counts !!! Barcelona 1-1 Bayern

26' Neuer almost gets caught out by Lamine

36' ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI has given them the lead again!!! Barcelona 2-1 Bayern

45' RAPHINHA is incredible!! Barcelona 3-1 Bayern

50' Big chances for Lewandowski and Raphinha but no goal

50' Ball falls for Palhinha but his shot is wide

56' RAPHINHA has scored a hattrick against BAYERN MUNICH!! Barcelona 4-1 Bayern

59' Pedri’s block denies Gnabry

60' 4 subs for Bayern

61' Substitution: Frenkie replaces Fermin. He takes the captain’s armband

62' Yamal was brought down in the box but there was an offside in the build-up

66' Coman shoots wide

70' Excellent control of the game from Lamine Yamal

72' Musiala's shot stopped!

76' Substitution: Raphinha gets a standing ovation as he makes his way for Dani Olmo

76' OFFSIDE! Openda’s goal disallowed

78' Yamal's shot wide out

83' INCREDIBLE cross from Lamine but Lewandowski can’t convert

Match Report

The win for Barca at their temporary Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys home ends a near decade-long winless run against the German powerhouses.

Raphinha's inspired night started when he gave Barca the lead a little over a minute after kick-off as he received a fine pass through by midfielder Fermin Lopez, beat the offside trap and rounded the onrushing Manuel Neuer to tap into the empty net.

Harry Kane leveled the score with a volley in the 18th minute, only for Robert Lewandowski to put the home team back in front in the 36th minute against his former side after a mistake by Bayern's defence.

Raphinha then extended Barca's lead with two goals from quick counter-attacks either side of half-time.

Barca are ninth in the Champions League standings on six points from three games, while Bayern are 23rd on three points after a second consecutive defeat.

Data Debrief: Bayern blown away by brilliant Raphinha

This was expected to be a tight contest between two behemoths of the European game, but Raphinha had other ideas as he struck the first of his three goals inside just 54 seconds.

That is the second-earliest goal Barca have scored in the Champions League, beaten only by Mark van Bommel's goal against Panathinaikos in 2005 after 36 seconds.

He is the first player to score twice in the first half of a Champions League game against Bayern since Neymar did so far Barcelona in May 2015, and he only added to the German side's misery with his third in the second period.

Line-ups

Barcelona XI: Lewandowski, I. Martinez, Pena, Raphinha, Kounde, Pedri, Álex Baldé, Marc Casadó, Fermín López, Lamine Yamal, Pau Cubarsí

Subs: Szczesny, Olmo, De Jong, Fati, Pau Víctor, Pablo Torre, Gavi, Sergi Domínguez, Gerard Martín, Héctor Fort, Diego Kochen

Bayern XI: Neuer, Muller, Kane, Guerreiro, Gnabry, Kimmich, João Palhinha, Upamecano, Alphonso Davies, Min-jae Kim, Michael Olise

Subs: Ulreich, Goretzka, Dier, Coman, Sane, Laimer, Daniel Peretz, Jamal Musiala, Arijon Ibrahimovic, Mathys Tel, Adam Aznou