Barcelona get another victory but fail to convince against Dynamo

Barcelona defeated Dynamo Kyiv at the Camp Nou on Wednesday night to win their first Champions League match of the season.

It’s the third victory in a row but it was almost a boring 90 minutes.

The Spanish club had suffered successive 3-0 defeats to Bayern Munich and Benfica in Group E and were in desperate need of a result against the Ukrainian outfit at least to get a fighting chance of reaching the knockout stages.

They managed to grab all three points with a narrow win against a lifeless Dynamo side.

Sergino Dest nearly gave Barcelona the lead after just 90 seconds when Jordi Alba picked him out from a deep cross, but the USA international couldn’t keep his header down.

Luuk de Jong had a huge chance to put Barça in front when he met Memphis Depay’s free-kick, but his effort went off target.

Barcelona broke the deadlock through a Gerard Pique effort in the 36th minute as he lashed in a volley after a fine looping ball from Alba.

Koeman brought in Philippe Coutinho and Ansu Fati at half-time but none could find the back of the net until full time.

However, Barcelona remain number three in Group E with high hopes of reaching knockout if they win their remaining games.