Messi masterful as Barcelona renews love affair with Wembley
GENEVA — Lionel Messi and Neymar put on separate masterclasses in the Champions League on Wednesday, while Mohamed Salah lacked the spark to lift Liverpool.
Messi scored twice, helped create two more with perfect passes, and had two shots strike a post in Barcelona’s 4-2 win over Tottenham at Wembley Stadium.
Neymar went one better with three goals in PSG’s 6-1 rout of overmatched Red Star Belgrade. The French champion’s other superstar forward, Kylian Mbappe, also scored.
Salah was the star of Liverpool’s run to the final last season but has made a slow start this time, and the entire team failed to get a single shot on target in a 1-0 loss at Napoli. The winning goal came in the 90th-minute from Lorenzo Insigne.