Cristiano Ronaldo scored two penalties to take his Champions League goal tally to 134 as Juventus beat an uninspiring Barcelona to seal top spot in Group G.
🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo's Champions League record = 🔥🔥🔥
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) December 8, 2020
⚽️1⃣3⃣4⃣ GOALS
👕1⃣7⃣4⃣ GAMES #UCL pic.twitter.com/GY1vDxLo3O
😬 Prior to this evening, Juventus could only leapfrog Barcelona to first if they won by 3+ goals…
— WhoScored (@WhoScored) December 8, 2020
⚽️ 13' Barcelona 0-1 Juventus
⚽️ 20 Barcelona 0-2 Juventus
⚽️ 52' Barcelona 0-3 Juventus
📊 Group G Standings
1⃣ Juventus
2⃣ Barcelona
🤦♂️ Going from bad to worse for Koeman.. pic.twitter.com/hztLLp4HeE
Ronaldo sent Marc-Andre ter Stegen the wrong way after being fouled by Uruguay defender Ronald Araujo.
12’ | 👇 | IT'S A PENALTY TO US! Araujo is adjudged to have fouled @Cristiano in the box!#BarçaJuve [0-0] #JuveUCL
— JuventusFC 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@juventusfcen) December 8, 2020
13’ | 🔥 | SIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!! @CRISTIANO GIVES US A DESERVED LEAD FROM THE SPOT!!!!!! 🎯⚽️⚪️⚫️#BarçaJuve [0-1] #JuveUCL pic.twitter.com/1HB5pUHnGC
— JuventusFC 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@juventusfcen) December 8, 2020
Juve doubled their lead through Weston McKennie’s bicycle kick before Ronaldo added his second from the spot after Clement Lenglet handled the ball with his hand.
What a goal, Weston McKennie smash the sh**** out of barcelona goalkeeper. pic.twitter.com/ohqxcOzq0H
— Nshuti Dani Vazquez (@nshutida05) December 8, 2020
20’ | 🇺🇸 | IT'S TWOOOOOO!!!!!!!! @WMCKENNIE FIRES IN @CUADRADO'S CROSS!!!!!!!!!!! ⚽️⚪️⚫️#BarçaJuve [0-2] #JuveUCL pic.twitter.com/jxUmSRG27G
— JuventusFC 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@juventusfcen) December 8, 2020
52’ | 🔥 | @CRISTIANO AGAIN FROM THE SPOT TO MAKE IT THREEEEEE!!!!!!!! ⚽️🎯⚪️⚫️#BarçaJuve [0-3] #JuveUCL pic.twitter.com/z3VqU755GQ
— JuventusFC 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@juventusfcen) December 8, 2020
It is Barcelona’s first defeat in a group game since 2016 and its first home defeat since 2009.
They started the day with a three-point cushion over Juve but finish second and will be unseeded in Monday’s last-16 draw.
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi and Ronaldo, regarded as the two greatest players of their generation, faced one another for the first time since May 2018.
Cristiano Ronaldo on Lionel Messi:
— GOAL (@goal) December 9, 2020
🗣 "I have always had a very cordial relationship with him.
"I shared 12, 13 or 14 years of award ceremonies with him. I never saw him as a rival. I always got along very well with him." [Movistar]
🥰 pic.twitter.com/uLMQqW9O6J
While Ronaldo scored two, Messi was frustrated by 42-year-old Juve keeper Gianluigi Buffon, who made a fine saves string.
😱 Lionel Messi had seven shots on target without scoring vs Juventus last night, a #UCL record
— WhoScored (@WhoScored) December 9, 2020
😊 He couldn't find a way past Gianluigi Buffon but did manage to grab his shirt pic.twitter.com/VSpymnobBa
Champions League Results from TUESDAY 8TH DECEMBER 2020
Lazio 2 – 2 Club Bruges
Zenit St Petersburg 1 – 2 B Dortmund
Chelsea 1 – 1 FK Krasnodar
Rennes 1 – 3 Sevilla
Barcelona 0 – Juventus
Dynamo Kyiv 1 – 0 Ferencvárosi TC
RB Leipzig 3 – 2 Man Utd