No Lionel Messi, no problem – Martin Braithwaite assisted one and scored two as Barcelona qualified for the Champions League knockout stages with a 4-0 win over Dynamo Kiev.
After an underwhelming first-half display, Ronald Koeman’s side took the lead in the 52nd minute with a fine finish from Sergino Dest.
After 5 minutes, Braithwaite netted his first goal in Europe for Barca with a close-range finish from a corner before he added his second of the game from the penalty spot.
In 70th minute, Braithwaite got the third when, diving for a header, he was pushed in the back by Denys Popov. The Dane had no doubts that he wanted to take the spot kick and he put it in the corner past Bushchan.
In injury time Griezmann scored the fourth after Carles Aleña and Jordi Alba had worked an opening down the left.
Barcelona are in the last-16 once more. Now to the league and remedying that 13th place in the table.
In other Champions League match, Borussia Dortmund forward Erling Haaland scored twice as they cruised to a 3-0 win over Club Brugge on to top Group F and take a big step towards securing their knockout-stage spot with two games remaining.
Erling Haaland set a new record as the quickest to 15 Champions League goals in the competition’s history after opening the scoring against Club Brugge.
