Tottenham vs Barcelona – Champions League as it happened: Lionel Messi leads Barcelona to victory
Look back at the action from Wembley
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Your support makes all the difference.Lionel Messi tormented Tottenhamas Barcelona inflicted a Champions League blow on their hosts with a 4-2 victory at Wembley.
Mauricio Pochettino's Spurs were rocked by stunning goals from Philippe Coutinho, Ivan Rakitic and two from the irrepressible Messi.
Harry Kane, and then Erik Lamela, briefly gave the hosts a chance of taking something from the match by cutting the deficit to one goal.
When is it?
Tottenham vs Barcelona is on Wednesday 4 October.
What time is kick off?
The match begins at 20:00 BST at Wembley.
Where can I watch it?
BT Sport will be shown live on BT Sport 2 and is available to watch online to BT Sport customers.
Odds
Tottenham to win: 11/4
Barcelona to win: Evens
Draw: 13/5
Welcome!
Coming up we'll bring you live minute-by-minute coverage of Tottenham vs Barcelona and Napoli vs Liverpool, as well as goal updates from the rest of the night's action. To get you warmed up, here's Jack Pitt-Brooke on why Lionel Messi's Barca career might never have come to pass:
Elsewhere in the Champions League tonight, Liverpool travel to Napoli. Here's how the two starting line ups compare:
Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson, Milner, Wijnaldum, Keita, Mane, Salah, Firmino.
Napoli:
Napoli vs Liverpool
Tonight's match will be only the third game played between Napoli and Liverpool in European competition, with them last facing each other in the group stages of the 2010/11 Europa League.
In their most recent meeting (Nov. 2010), Liverpool won 3-1 at Anfield with the only previous meeting in Naples finished 0-0, (Oct. 2010).
Tottenham vs Barcelona
Barcelona have lost just one of their last 11 Champions League matches against English clubs winning 8 and drawing 2.
However, they are without a win in their last two visits to England. They drew with Chelsea last season and were defeated by Manchester City in 2016/17.
Spurs won all three home games in last season's Champions League group stage, scoring three goals in each but...
Pochettino has won only once in nine previous meetings with Barcelona as a manager in all competitions, he also has 3 draws and 5 defeats to the Spanish giants.
Napoli vs Liverpool
With Liverpool looking to extend their winning start, Simon Hughes previews the challenges they'll face in Naples tonight:
Tottenham vs Barcelona
Ed Malyon breaks down the threat Lionel Messi poses for Spurs:
Tottenham 0 - 0 Barcelona
Spurs get the action underway and try to move the ball forward quickly but Barcelona win it easily
2 mins: Tottenham 0 - 1 Barcelona - Coutinho
1 minute and 32 seconds into the game and Barcelona go in front at Wembley, Messi works the ball out to Jordi Alba on the left wing and he collects it in the box drawing out Lloris before passing it to Coutinho. Coutinho takes a touch, looks up and finishes it easily into the open net
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