Ivan Rakitic's wonderful strike against Tottenham has been voted Champions League goal of the group stage. The midfielder's superb volley at Wembley helped to consign Spurs to defeat as Barcelona ...

And the second duly arrived with the ball only half-cleared before Rakitic struck home an unstoppable waist-high volley with perfect technique. Messi hit the post twice at the start of the second ...

AS IT HAPPENED: Tottenham 2 v Barcelona 4 READ MORE: Napoli make Liverpool pay to hands Reds their first defeat An early goalkeeping howler from the returning Hugo Lloris and a wonderful, long-range ...

Andres Iniesta found Luis Suarez with a lovely outside-of-the boot pass to put the Uruguayan in on goal, but Navas wonderfully denied his first-time volley with 20 minutes remaining. Rakitic ...

Ivan Rakitic is the unsung hero of arguably football’s greatest ever team. Under the tutelage of Luis Enrique, this was as close to footballing perfection as you can get – rivalling Barca’s ...