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
73 mins: Tottenham 2 - 3 Barcelona
Harry Kane catches Pique as he tries to clear the ball and gets booked for it. Pique stays on the ground for ages, then gets up and takes the free kick
76 mins: Tottenham 2 - 3 Barcelona
Kane finds Trippier with a ball over the defence. Trippier delivers a low cross but Moura and Lamela don't follow the ball into the box
79 mins: Tottenham 2 - 3 Barcelona
Lamela is off and Llorente comes on to try and get Tottenham their third goal
82 mins: Tottenham 2 - 3 Barcelona
Lucas Moura gets a shot on goal but Ter Stegen makes an easy save. There seems to be a lot of belief in this Spurs' side that they can get something out of this game now. Barca aren't changing their ways they're still pressing forward looking to score
84 mins: Tottenham 2 - 3 Barcelona
Spurs attack again. Moura finds himself with the ball in the box, Lenglet dives in front of it and concedes a corner
85 mins: Tottenham 2 - 3 Barcelona
Trippier delivers a corner and Alderweireld wins the header but doesn't catch it cleanly and Ter Stegen makes an easy save
88 mins: Tottenham 2 - 3 Barcelona
Barcelona are totalling rattled here, they're making mistakes, getting frustrated and allowing Spurs to control the play
89 mins: GOAL! Tottenham 2 - 4 Barcelona - Messi
That's it, it's all over! Sissoko loses the ball and it's played into Suarez. Suarez draws Alderweireld to him and dummies leaving the ball to come to Messi, who's wide open in the box and he slots it home with ease
Tottenham 2 - 4 Barcelona
A Messi masterclass sinks Spurs at Wembley. Tottenham threatened a comeback towards the end stages of the match but Barca were just too good on the night.
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