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Barcelona returned to winning ways in the Champions League on Tuesday at Camp Nou with a comfortable win over Premier League side Aston Villa.

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Barcelona returned to winning ways in the Champions League on Tuesday at Camp Nou with a comfortable win over Premier League side Aston Villa. Lamine Yamal opening the scoring for the hosts, Raphinha scored twice, and the Catalans also secured a first Champions League clean sheet since April 2025.

Joan Garcia – 9 Spectacular sweeper-keeper, he was as good as an extra defender for large phases, sprinting out to tackle John McGinn, Johan Manzambi and Nicolas Jackson on multiple occasions.

Also had an assured performance in goal, solid distribution and his first clean sheet in Europe for Barca. Joao Cancelo – 7 Allowed McGinn past him a few times but usually covered back reasonably well and popped up with a great trivela assist in the second half that received a big cheer from the fans.

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