Messi, Coutinho & Ansu magnificent as Barcelona cut down Celta

What a start to the season this is turning out to be.

From the depths of despair against Bayern to a - whisper it quietly - sparkling new era under Ronald Koeman.

Of course, we’re only two games into the 2020/21 campaign, so let’s not get too carried away.

However, hearing how Lionel Messi was ‘plugged in’ according to Sergi Roberto, certainly offers hope that this season will be anything but what we expected three to four weeks ago.

The win at Celta, our first at Balaidos since 2015, was well deserved too.

In monsoon like conditions at times, Barca played the better football, pressed harder and faster and generally looked as though they’d been playing Koeman’s 4-2-3-1 a lot longer than they have.