Barcelona vs Newcastle United
Play by play
- 14'
Philippe Christanval is brought on in his place - an early and unwanted change for Barcelona
- 14'
Play is stopped, and the Dutch international is receiving treatment. He may well have to come off here...
- 13'
Solano gets another cross in, which Reiziger swings at and misses - he gets away with it but has injured himself in taking a swing at that one...
- 12'
Good response from Newcastle, who are showing that they can string together some good attacking moves here
- 12'
Lua Lua breaks and looks for Ameobi - it's cleared... Solano crosses and Michael Reiziger is the defender in the right place
- 11'
Motta and Dani link again, and the busy Overmars has it again... he tumbles inside the area under a challenge but the ref waves play on
- 11'
Straight to the other end - Riquleme shoots, and Newcastle block
- 10'
Lua Lua charges forward - Robert fires in a low cross and Solano can't quite convert with the home defence struggling somewhat
- 10'
Sir Bobby Robson's side are giving the ball away on the rare occasions they have it - Barca are snapping in and piling on the pressure
- 9'
What can Newcastle - minus, of course, Shearer and Bellamy tonight - find in response?
- 8'
Great finishing from Dani, crisply across Shay Given, and relief for under-pressure Barca coach van Gaal
- 7'
O'Brien gets there - Motta takes it on and sees his shot blocked, but Barca build again and Dani is there to slide the ball into the corner after Xavi's pass. A nightmare start for Newcastle!
- 6'
Overmars looks for Kluivert, and Aaron Hughes has to concede another Barcelona corner...
- 5'
Robert comes forward, but an offside flag halts that promising break in its tracks
- 5'
They look for Motta, and O'Brien is there to clear Toon Army lines
- 5'
Shola Ameobi is back to head clear, and Barca have to settle for a throw
- 4'
Kluivert then feeds Dani, and Newcastle, under the cosh in these opening stages, concede another corner
- 4'
But the Dutchman makes a mess of his touch and Newcastle breathe again
- 3'
Solano loses out for Newcastle and Riquelme takes it on... then Overmars finds Kluivert...
- 3'
In the Champions League, though, they're unstoppable - nine wins from nine so far
- 3'
Encouraging moments for a Barca side under increasing fire for their league form
- 2'
That brings another corner, which is met by Cocu but directed over the crossbar
- 1'
The home side win it back, and Overmars forces an early corner following a good Andy Griffin challenge...
It's soon played out again - but a miscontrol gives Newcastle a throw inside the Barcelona half
Barca get the game under way - and the ball is soon played back to keeper Oscar Bonano
