Messi sets hat-trick record as Barca hit Celtic for seven


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 14 Sep 2016

Football Soccer - FC Barcelona v Celtic - UEFA Champions League Group Stage - Group C - The Nou Camp, Barcelona, Spain - 13/9/16 Barcelona's Luis Suarez celebrates scoring their seventh goal with Lionel Messi Reuters / Paul Hanna Livepic

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar combined to devastating effect as Barcelona swatted Celtic aside 7-0 at the Nou Camp to lay down a marker in Champions League Group C on Tuesday.

Messi produced a stunning display, hitting a record sixth hat-trick in the competition to hand the 1967 winners their heaviest European Cup defeat.

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