Barcelona vs Inter Milan LIVE: Result and reaction from Champions League fixture
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Your support makes all the difference.Barcelona host Inter Milan in this evening’s glamour Champions League fixture. You can follow live coverage of the match below.
Barcelona have endured a tough start to their La Liga campaign and were held in their opener at Dortmund, leaving all four sides with one point after a game.
Inter Milan meanwhile drew with Slavia Prague, meaning that it’s all to play for. Follow the latest updates from Spain here.
Match preview
When is it?
Kick-off at the Camp Nou is at 8pm (BST) on Wednesday 2 October.
How can I watch it?
The match will be broadcast live on BT Sport ESPN and can be streamed live online via the BT app and website.
Team News
Lionel Messi is expected to miss out with an adductor problem, however, the Argentinian may be able to make the bench. Ousmane Dembele is also returning from injury and has only recently returned to training meaning he is unlikely to feature.
Inter boast an injury-free squad with Alexis Sanchez expected to make the starting line-up after scoring twice before being sent off against Sampdoria last week.
Genk 0-0 Napoli
This is a - and I can't stress enough - fantastic result for Liverpool.
Right, there's just a few minutes until we're underway, you can tell because You'll Never Walk Alone and the Champions League theme are being blared out all around, I won't say which is better as I hope that much is obvious!
We'll bring you live updates from all the matches, with particular focus on Liverpool vs RB Salzburg, Barcelona vs Inter Milan and Lille vs Chelsea...sorry Zenit, you're just not that relevant.
We're off!
Please be a good night of football. Please...
Liverpool 0-0 RB Salzburg
Lille 0-0 Chelsea
Barcelona 0-0 Inter Milan
Liverpool 0-0 RB Salzburg
Lille 0-0 Chelsea
Barcelona 0-0 Inter Milan
1: Liverpool and RB Salzburg have set the tone very early. Mane tries to slip the ball to Robertson and Salzburg counter immediately, Hwang with the shot wide.
Liverpool 0-0 RB Salzburg
Lille 0-0 Chelsea
Barcelona 0-1 Inter Milan
What a start for Inter Milan! Lautaro Martínez has scored with little more than two minutes on the clock!
Well, a lot of the talk ahead of the game was about Messi, but it's the other Argentine on the pitch that has first made the first mark on the game.
Martinez is slipped through on goal after a quick free-kick, holds off Lenglet and makes no mistake with a simple finish.
Liverpool 0-0 RB Salzburg
Lille 0-0 Chelsea
Barcelona 0-1 Inter Milan
Elsewhere, Valencia 0-1 Ajax. That helps Chelsea, a bit...
Liverpool 1-0 RB Salzburg
Lille 0-0 Chelsea
Barcelona 0-1 Inter Milan
Sadio Mane scores!
There's no celebration from the former RB Leipzig forward as he slots home after collecting a one-two from Firmino without breaking stride.
It's his 24th goal of 2019 (tries to find flame emoji)
Liverpool 1-0 RB Salzburg
Lille 0-0 Chelsea
Barcelona 0-1 Inter Milan
11: Chelsea have started with a 3-4-2-1 formation and have began fairly well in France, Abraham narrowly short of getting his head to a cross the closest they've really come to troubling the hosts, however.
We have a slight pause as the referee's technology is patched up, no really. He's like a robo-ref with that communication kit on his arm.
Liverpool 1-0 RB Salzburg
Lille 0-0 Chelsea
Barcelona 0-1 Inter Milan
Strap in, there's going to be goals in this one. A hot take, I know.
Hwang is looking lively and is just denied by Robertson before he can get into a dangerous area. Liverpool are letting Salzburg come forward and exploiting the space when they turn over the ball.
Liverpool 1-0 RB Salzburg
Lille 0-0 Chelsea
Barcelona 0-1 Inter Milan
17: Martinez is through on goal again...he knocks it past the goalkeeper, oh. The flag is up.
He's judged to be offside, although replays show that had he scored, rather than run the ball wide, the goal may have been given by VAR, it seems he was on.
It's Pique who gets caught out on this occasion, the central defenders need to have a word with themselves to avoid another Milan goal. Conte, meanwhile, will be very happy with this start, Barcelona haven't really looked threatening...yet. They're missing Alba, a lot.
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