Messi scores 3 as Barcelona rolls

GENEVA (AP) — Lionel Messi’s first goal of the Champions League season took three minutes. Edinson Cavani needed just 44 seconds for Paris Saint-Germain. Manchester City never got the chance to start.

Messi’s fast start was the first of a hat-trick in Barcelona’s 7-0 rout of Celtic, and fellow superstar forwards Neymar and Luis Suarez also scored.

Cavani’s even faster strike was the end of PSG’s scoring in Paris against Arsenal, and Alexis Sanchez’s late equalizer earned a 1-1 draw.

Heavy rain in Manchester forced City’s game against Borussia Moenchengladbach to be called off 20 minutes before kickoff. Coach Pep Guardiola’s team will try again tonight.

Here’s a roundup of all the action on Tuesday:

GROUP A

A pair of 1-1 draws in Paris and Basel left visiting teams Arsenal and Ludogorets happier with their work.

Arsenal seemed set for a tough night at Parc des Princes when Uruguay forward Cavani headed in Serge Aurier’s cross in the first minute.

Cavani, now with more responsibility after Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s off-season exit, then missed three clear chances to extend the lead.

Alexis Sanchez of Chile scored in the 78th minute against the run of the play when he fired home the rebound from 10 metres after PSG keeper Alphonse Areola parried Alex Iwobi’s powerful shot.

Both teams finished with 10 players. Marco Verrati and Olivier Giroud, who was also sent off in Arsenal’s Champions League opener last year, were sent off following an altercation.

GROUP B

Napoli took early control of the group with a come-from-behind 2-1 win at Dynamo Kyiv, which had Serhiy Sydorchuk sent off in the 68th minute.

Poland forward Arkadiusz Milik twice scored with headers in the first half, the second in stoppage time, to cancel out Denys Garmash’s 26thminute opener for Dynamo.

Benfica was held 1-1 at home by Besiktas when one of its own players scored late for the visitors.

Playing against his parent club while on loan to the Turkish champion, midfielder Talisca scored with a curling free kick in stoppage time.

Brazilian Talisca cancelled out a 12th-minute earlier goal by Argentina’s Franco Cervi for Benfica, finishing a rebound from Besiktas goalkeeper Tolga Zengin’s save.

GROUP C

In a record-setting night at Camp Nou, Barcelona’s trio of stars teamed up to outclass Celtic.

Lionel Messi’s hat-trick included two goals in the first half hour, while Neymar struck with a free kick and set up another four goals. Luis Suarez did his part with two goals against the new team of his former Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers.

The result surpassed Barcelona’s biggest win in the competition — a 7-1 victory over Bayer Leverkusen in 2012. It also improved on a 6-1 win over Celtic from their last meeting in 2013.

Messi’s three goals took his Champions League career tally to 86 goals, to still trail Cristiano Ronaldo’s record of 94.

GROUP D

Bayern Munich showed Champions League debutant Rostov what life is like among the big boys of Europe.

A 5-0 drubbing was begun by Robert Lewandowski’s penalty and Thomas Mueller’s shot in the first half. Germany’s great defensive prospect Joshua Kimmich scored twice and Juan Bernat finished the rout.

In a rematch of a Round-of-16 encounter last season, Atletico Madrid beat PSV Eindhoven 1-0 in the Netherlands.

Saul Niguez calmly fired a left foot volley just inside the post in the 43rd minute for the first goal between the two sides this year. In March, Atletico won a penalty shootout after two goalless draws en route to the final.