Barcelona kicked off the defence of their Champions League crown with a 1-1 draw away to Roma.
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| Alessandro Florenzi was mobbed by team-mates following his stunning effort against Barcelona |
Roma felt Lucas Digne, the defender on loan from PSG, was fouled in the build-up, and that Suarez converted the chance from an offside position, but referee Bjorn Kuipers was unmoved and the goal was allowed to stand.
The Giallorossi were soon level, though, as right-back Alessandro Florenzi's audacious 60-yard effort sailed over Marc-Andre ter Stegen in the Barca goal before cannoning into the back of the net off the post.
Barca worked tirelessly in a largely uneventful second half to regain the lead, but they were unable to breach a resolute Roma rearguard, with Lionel Messi coming closest to scoring when he rattled the crossbar on 78 minutes.
The visitors mounted a late rally in search of the winner but Roma stood firm to claim a morale-boosting draw with the European champions.
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| Luis Suarez celebrates his goal against Roma |
Hakan Calhanoglu struck twice for the Bundesliga club after Admir Mehmedi opened the scoring at the BayArena, before Hernandez scored the Germans' third.
The visitors had drawn themselves level through Nemanja Milunovic's first-half effort, but Leverkusen saw out the victory to move top of Group E on three points.
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