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.
Liverpool 4-3 RB Salzburg
Lille 1-2 Chelsea
Barcelona 1-1 Inter Milan
Willian scores!
Hudson-Odoi's looping cross-field pass switches all the way to Willian, who volleys it into the ground and over the goalkeeper from the edge of the box to mark his 300th Chelsea appearance with a goal. Lampard and the travelling supporters are delighted.
Liverpool 4-3 RB Salzburg
Lille 1-2 Chelsea
Barcelona 1-1 Inter Milan
Liverpool, weirdly, don't seem happy enough with just the four goals and are playing what appears more like a 4-2-4. Let's see how this plays out.
Liverpool 4-3 RB Salzburg
Lille 1-2 Chelsea
Barcelona 2-1 Inter Milan
Suarez with his second!
The Messi-Suarez partnership is back on track as the world class duo combine to put Barcelona ahead for the first time in this tie.
Messi plays it to Suarez, who uses his first touch to take it beyond the one remaining defender and converts a simple finish.
Liverpool 4-3 RB Salzburg
Lille 1-2 Chelsea
Barcelona 2-1 Inter Milan
Willian is replaced by Pedro as Chelsea try to see out these final few minutes.
Kovacic then comes on for Mount.
Liverpool 4-3 RB Salzburg
Lille 1-2 Chelsea
Barcelona 2-1 Inter Milan
The Salzburg bench are a little miffed by Liverpool's time-wasting as we enter the 89th minute. Who would have thought that the European Champions would be clinging on in this one?
Liverpool 4-3 RB Salzburg
Lille 1-2 Chelsea
Barcelona 2-1 Inter Milan
Salah is replaced by former Salzburg midfielder Keita.
We have three minutes of added time, is Salah's strike enough to seal the three points?
Liverpool 4-3 RB Salzburg
What a match!
Where to start with that?
Liverpool raced to a 3-0 lead, Mane, Robertson and Salah with the goals. Things were going well before Salzburg decided to throw absolutely everything at the European Champions and exposed a poor Liverpool defence.
Hwang and Minamino quickly made it 3-2, and from the bench, Europe's golden boy Haland dragged the Austrian side back on level terms.
Barcelona 2-1 Inter Milan
Barcelona survive.
Luis Suarez scored two second-half goals as Barcelona came from behind to beat Inter Milan in a tough game for the Catalan side.
Lille 1-2 Chelsea
Kepa! A poor clearance straight to a Lille forward almost sees the home side snatch a late equaliser but the effort was tame, thankfully for the Chelsea goalkeeper. One minute to go in France.
Lille 1-2 Chelsea
A HUGE win for Chelsea and Frank Lampard.
Tammy Abraham gave Chelsea a lead in an even first half. That advantage was quickly taken away by the hosts, Victor Osimhen scoring from a corner, but Willian marked his 300th Chelsea appearance with a goal to hand Frank Lampard his first European win as Blues boss.
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