Ansu Fati scored a late winner as Barcelona recorded a crucial victory in the Champions League on Tuesday night.
2021/2022 UEFA Champions League
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Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
4' Depay's shot blocked
19' Yellow Card! Eric Garcia booked
22' Busquets' shot flies high
28' Shaparenko's shot inches wide
31' Lenglet's header hits the post
42' Barca's double shot denied
46' Yellow Card! Gavi booked
49' Yellow Card! Lenglet booked
65' Barca's penalty disallowed after VAR check
69' GOAL! FC Dynamo Kiev 0-1 Barcelona (Fati)
74' Ter Stegen makes a good save
82' Ter Stegen makes a decent save
Match Report
The ball fell to the 19-year-old, who made no mistake in smashing the ball into the back of the net.
Fati celebrated with a tribute to team-mate Sergio Aguero, who has been ruled out for three months after suffering chest pains against Alaves on Saturday.
A second half strike from Ansu Fati fired Barcelona to a 1-0 victory and three huge points against Dynamo Kyiv on Tuesday night at the NSC Olimpiyskiy.
The result combined with Bayern Munich's triumph over Benfica lifts Barcelona to second place in Group E and a two-point advantage over the Portuguese club, setting up a showdown between the two sides on November 23. It was also the first win for interim boss Sergi Barjuan.
A minor injury forced Sergino Dest to the bench, so Oscar Mingueza was slotted in at right-back, while Clement Lenglet filled in for Gerard Pique, who left Saturday's draw with Alaves with a knock. There were also returns for Ansu Fati in attack and Frenkie de Jong in midfield.
The two teams traded chances to start with Barcelona coming close around the half-hour mark when a Lenglet header off a Memphis Depayfreekick struck the post, although replays later showed the defender was offside.
That was followed later by their best chance of the half when a Nico Gonzalez header looked goal-bound, but deflected off the body of Memphis to Ansu Fati, who could not control the ball and get a shot off.
Dynamo started the second half the stringer of the two and a curling effort from Karavaev almost gave the home side a lead.
Barcelona thought they had caught a break when a penalty was whistled in their favour when Fati went to the ground in the Dynamo area, but VAR and referee Ovidio Hategan quickly reversed the decision after replays showed that Fati had tripped over himself.
At that moment Sergi went to his bench, bringing on Ousmane Dembele for Gavi, the Frenchman's first appearance for Barcelona this season.
Fati would more than make up for his earlier stumble and gave Barcelona a massive lift with a right-footed strike for a 0-1 lead. Mingueza's cross from the right wing took a slight deflection, but the 19-year-old was there to connect cleanly and fire into net.
It was now up to Dynamo to provide a response, so Sergi went back to his bench for defensive reinforcements, as Ronald Araujo replaced Lenglet.
Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen hadn't been too busy on the night, but he was called on to make a big stop in the waning moments, pawing away a Tsygankov shot.
Dynamo had a few final looks at goal, but Barcelona managed to avoid a last-minute letdown, leaving Ukraine with three badly needed points.
Match Sheet
0.- Dynamo Kyiv: Bushchan, Kedziora (Tymchyk, min. 77), Zabarnyi, Syrota, Karavaev, Sydorchuk, Shaparenko (Shepelev, min. 81), Garmash (Vitinho, min. 71), Buyalskiy (Lednev, min. 81), De Pena (Verbic, min. 77), Tsygankov
1.- Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Mingueza, Eric, Lenglet (Araujo, min. 79), Alba; Frenkie de Jong, Sergio, Nico, Gavi (Dembele, min. 65); Ansu (Balde, min. 87), Memphis.
Goals: 0-1, min. 70: Ansu Fati
Referee: Ovidiu Hategan (Romania). Yellow cards: Eric Garcia (Min. 19) for Barcelona, Harmash (Min. 41) for Dynamo, Buyalskiy (Min. 45+1) for Dynamo, Gavi (Min. 46) for Barcelona, Lenglet (Min. 50) for Barcelona
Red cards: None
Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy
Line-ups
FC Dynamo Kiev XI: S. Sydorchuk, D. Garmash, V. Buyalskiy, T. Kędziora, H. Bushchan, O. Karavaev, C. de Pena, V. Tsygankov, M. Shaparenko, O. Syrota, I. Zabarnyi
Subs: D. Boyko, B. Verbič, O. Andrievskyi, M. Burda, A. Shabanov, O. Tymchyk, D. Antyukh, E. Ramírez, V. Shepelev, I. Shkurin, B. Lednev, Vitinho
Barcelona XI: Alba, Busquets, Ter Stegen, Depay, Lenglet, De Jong, Eric Garcia, Óscar Mingueza, Nico González, Fati, Gavi
Subs: Luuk de Jong, Coutinho, Neto, Umtiti, Dembele, Pena, Ronald Araujo, Dest, Riqui Puig, Y. Demir, Álex Baldé, Álvaro Sanz Catalán