Barcelona winger Raphinha earned a standing ovation after his hat-trick helped the Catalan side earn a dominant 4-1 victory over Bayern Munich in the Champions League.
The Brazilian, who has taken over as Barcelona captain after Marc-André ter Stegen’s injury, gave the home side the perfect start to the night at the Olympic Stadium.
Raphinha opened the scoring in the opening minute after being sent clean through on goal, before rounding Manuel Neuer to finish into an empty net.
England captain Harry Kane saw an effort ruled out for the visitors, but levelled the match in the 18th minute by volleying in Serge Gnarby’s cross.
Bayern were haunted by their former forward Robert Lewandowski, who restored Barcelona’s advantage in the 36th minute.
Barcelona captain Raphinha scored a superb hat-trick in a 4-1 victory against Bayern Munich
Raphinha had rounded Manuel Neuer to give Barcelona the lead in the opening minute
Harry Kane had levelled for Bayern but the Bundesliga giants were blown away by the hosts
Lewandowski rolled into an empty net from close range after Fermin Lopez beat Neuer to a loose ball, with Bayern complaining of a foul in the build-up.
The Polish striker opted against celebrating against his former side.
Raphinha gave Barcelona a 3-1 lead on the stroke of half-time with the former Leeds star cutting in from the left wing before firing past Neuer.
The Brazilian completed his hat-trick on his 100th appearance for the club in the early stages of the second half.
Barcelona again exposed Bayern’s high line with Lamine Yamal playing through Raphinha, who found the bottom corner with a driven effort across Neuer.
The in-form winger was brought off to a standing ovation with 15 minutes remaining as Barcelona’s attentions turned towards El Clasico against Real Madrid this weekend.
Barcelona’s victory continued their impressive start to life under Hansi Flick, with the Catalan giants earning seven points from a possible nine in the new look Champions League.
Robert Lewandowski restored Barcelona’s lead but refused to celebrated against his old club
Raphinha struck again either side of the break before being subbed to a standing ovation
The former Leeds winger was carried by his team-mates after collecting the match ball
The hat-trick came on his 100th start for the club and ahead of El Clasico this weekend
Bayern Munich boss Vincent Kompany has overseen back-to-back Champions League defeats
Flick’s side head into the weekend clash against Real Madrid top of La Liga after nine wins in 10 matches, putting them three points clear of their arch rivals.
A second successive Champions League defeat levels Vincent Kompany’s Bayern Munich in 23rd place in the 36-team league phase.
Bayern have suffered back-to-back away defeats in the competition having opened the campaign with a 9-2 win over Dinamo Zagreb.
