Barcelona came into Tuesday’s match in need of a confidence-boosting result after defeat to Getafe last time out and with Real Madrid up next on Saturday.
The Catalan giants took a while to get going but duly delivered a great result and a fine performance to kick off their Champions League campaign in some style.
There were plenty of positives to takes from the match. The youngsters all shone yet again, Lionel Messi was back on the scoresheet as was Ousmane Dembele.
Barca’s next two games will of course be a far more reliable indicator of their current status under Koeman, but this was a great result to take into those crunch games.