Messi rains goals on Celtic as downpour denies Man City
GENEVA — Lionel Messi’s first goal of the Champions League season took three minutes. Edinson Cavani needed just 44 seconds for Paris Saint-Germain. Manchester City never got the chance to start.
Messi’s fast start was the first of a hat trick in Barcelona’s 7-0 rout of Celtic, and fellow superstar forwards Neymar and Luis Suarez also scored. Celtic had a penalty saved when trailing 1-0 midway through the first half.
Cavani’s even faster strike was the end of PSG’s scoring in Paris against Arsenal, and Alexis Sanchez’s late equalizer earned a 1-1 draw.
Heavy rain in Manchester forced City’s game against Borussia Moenchengladbach to be called off 20 minutes before kickoff.