Barcelona vs Inter Milan LIVE: Latest Champions League score and updates

9 mins: Ally McCoist and Rio Ferdinand are chatting away about the state of the pitch on TNT Sports.

They fear it has been overly watered meaning it’ll slow down the pace of the ball when it’s travelling and could hinder the pace of the Barcelona’s wingers.

6 mins: Frenkie de Jong and Hakan Calhanoglou both challenge for an aerial ball in the middle of the Inter box.

De Jong goes down looking for a penalty but the referee lets play go on and Inter clear their lines.

4 mins: Inter Milan haven’t seen the ball since they scored as Barcelona force them back.

The Serie A side have been strong at defending leads this year so the onus is on the hosts to equalise.

Wow! What a start this is.

Martinez flicks the ball on and sends it wide to Denzel Dumfries. His initial ball into the box is cleared by Jules Kounde but Inter recover it and slip it back to the full back.

He then crosses again and finds Marcus Thuram who backheels his first time effort and picks out the bottom corner!

Inter Milan get the ball rolling and work it back into their own half. A long ball forward sees them burst up the pitch and Barcelona are on the back foot already…

The players make their way out onto the pitch.

Barcelona are the big favourites to win the whole competition and they’ll be hoping to get off to a good start in this first leg.

Inter have a strong defensive record but can they keep the LaLiga leaders at bay?

Lamine Yamal has limped away from the pitch during the warm ups and looks like a doubt for the game now.

There’s been no word on whether he will still start so as things stand he’ll be lining up for Barcelona.

Inter’s Nicolò Barella has averaged more progressive passes per 90 (7.1) than any other player in the Champions League this season (min. 500 minutes played).

Similarly, he has the highest progressive pass percentage of any central midfielder in the competition this term (12% – also min. 500 minutes).

Barcelona wingers Lamine Yamal and Raphinha have combined for more goals than any other duo in the Champions League this season (five – two Yamal assists, three Raphinha assists), while they’ve also created the most chances between one another of any teammate pairing (16 – eight each).

Lautaro Martínez has scored in each of his last five appearances for Inter in the Champions League.

If he finds the net here, he’ll be just the second South American player to score in six consecutive outings in the competition, after Edinson Cavani (seven between November 2016 and October 2017).