Barcelona 2-1 Dynamo Kiev: Lionel Messi and Gerard Pique goals give Ronald Koeman's side victory
Daily MailLionel Messi scored his fifth penalty of the season but it was returning goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen who they had to thank for the 2-1 win over Dynamo Kiev. Barcelona's captain Lionel Messi converted a fifth minute penalty to give the hosts the lead Messi's 150th Champions League appearance resulted in all three points for the Catalans Returning goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen made six saves to ensure the win for Barca The victory means Ronald Koeman's side maintain their 100 per cent record in Group G The 18-year-old Ruslan Neshcheret, who made his Champions League debut for Dynamo Kiev, wasn't bad either making 11 stops. Gerard Pique made it 2-0 to the hosts after the defender met Ansu Fati's corner to head home The centre back was returning from a suspension after he was sent off in the opening game MATCH FACTS Barcelona : ter Stegen; Dest; Pique; De Jong; Alba; Busquets ; Pjanic ; Messi; Pedri ; Fati ; Griezmann Subs not used: Braithwaite; Puig; Neto; Firpo; Pena Scorers: Messi ; Pique Dynamo Kiev : Neshcheret; Kedziora; Zabarnyi; Popov; Shabanov; Shepelev; Andrievsky; Tsygankov; Buyalsky ; Rodrigues ; Supriaha Subs not used: Da Silva; Syrota; Morgun; Rusyn; Ihnatenko Scorers: Tsygankov Booked: Buyalsky ‘I was so anxious to get back on the pitch doing what I like doing,’ said the German keeper. Ter Stegen made six saves and put in a man of the match performance on his return from injury But the goalkeeper was unable to keep a clean sheet as Tsygankov struck with 15 minutes to go Artem Shabanov was next to go close and was again denied by Ter Stegen after Dest gave the ball to Messi when he was marked leading to a quick transition from Kiev.