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FC Barcelona has claimed 3 points with its first victory of the Champions League group stage, beating Ukranian team Dynamo Kiev 2-0 at the Camp Nou.

The game started off with chances from both sides, and it took Barça 25 minutes to break the deadlock. Some silky footwork from midfielder Andrés Iniesta resulted in a neat through-ball being played to Lionel Messi who had taken up his usual position on the right side of attack. The Argentinian cut inside his marker with two touches, set the ball up for his shot with a third touch and then beat the Dynamo keeper on his near-post.

FC Barcelona had other chances after Messi’s goal, and for a moment were left rueing their missed opportunities on the 40th minutes when Dynamo put the ball in the back of the net from a freekick floated into the box, but the linesman flagged for an offside.

After half time Barça coach Pep Guardiola replaced Iniesta with Pedro who thanked his coach for the opportunity by scoring FC Barcelona’s second goal in the 75th minute. A hard-working Zlatan Ibrahimovic passed the ball to Pedro who was lingering just inside the box and to the right of the goal. The youngster shifted the ball from under his feet, moved it to his left foot and calmly placed the ball to the far post, well passed the Dynamo keeper and into the back of the net.

The victory means FC Barcelona now sits top of the group with 4 points out of a possible 6, with Dynamo on 3 points, Internazionale on 2 points and Rubin Kazan on 1 point.