Hello and welcome to LIVE coverage of APOEL Nicosia’s clash with Barcelona. We kick-off in an hour!

FT APOEL 0-4 Barcelona

That's a right-foot hat-trick, by the way.

GOAL! Messi scores his hat-trick and is now up to 74 Champions League goals! Pedro cuts the ball back at the far post and Messi taps in for 4-0.

And it's 10 vs 10 for the final few minutes.

RED CARD! Guilherme failed to heed the warning. A reckless challenge on Pedro sees him receive his second yellow card and that's another easy decision for the referee.

Guilherme needs to be careful here. Already on a yellow and he clatters into Messi.

APOEL rather going through the paces here. Barcelona have had a whopping 76% possession tonight.

Barcea sub: Busquets on, Suarez off.

Great save! A really good stop by Pardo, who saves with his legs to deny Suárez, after the Barça No9 exchanged passes with Messi inside the APOEL box.

RED CARD! It's a second booking for Barcelona's 21-year-old Rafinha as he brings down De Vincenti with a clumsy challenge. The referee had no choice but brandish the red card.

APOEL have just started to have some joy on the counter attack in the past few minutes, with Mário Sérgio shooting over the shot just moments before that chance for De Vincenti.

Great save! A brilliant stop by the 22-year-old German goalkeeper Ter Stegen after a thunderous shot from APOEL substitute Tomás De Vincenti.

Barca sub: Adriano on, Jordi Alba off.

Barca sub: Xavi on, Rakitic off.

That's 73 and counting for Messi, who is on a hat-trick now.

GOAL! Messi makes it 3-0! It's a lovely goal as Alves slides in an inch-perfect pass to Messi, who dinks it delicately over the goalkeeper.

Despite conceding twice, Pardo has been very competent in the APOEL goal.

Rakitic gets another chance with a free-kick from the left, but this time Pardo comes out and claims it.

Rakitic hammers a free-kick into the danger area from the left and it's just taken off Suarez's head by Guilherme.

Barcelona chance! Messi inspires another swift move as he finds Pedro, whose low shot flashes agonisingly wide of the far post. So close to 3-0.