Neymar hits three as Barcelona thump Celtic

Neymar finally brought an end to his Champions League goal drought with a superb hat-trick as Barcelona recorded a routine 6-1 victory over a poor Glasgow Celtic.The Brazilian forward had never scored a goal in the elite competition before tonight and his goals as well as strikes from Gerard Pique, Pedro and Cristian Tello ensured Barcelona topped Group H.The hosts took the lead after only seven minutes when Pique poked the ball home after latching onto Fraser Forster's save from an Alexis Sanchez shot.Barcelona grabbed their second goal six minutes before the half-time whistle when Pedro slid the ball home from close range.And on the stroke of half-time, Barcelona sealed the match with a fantastic team goal which saw Neymar tap-in from five yards.Neymar grabbed his brace two minutes after the restart with a fine individual effort, wrapping the ball around Forster to find the top corner of the net. And on 58 minutes, he had his third, sliding the ball past a helpless Forster after beating Ambrose.Just three minutes later substitute Tello made it six when he picked up Adriano’s pass on the edge of the box before firing into the goal courtesy of a wicked Virgil van Dijk deflection.Celtic finally gave their away fans something to cheer when Georgios Samaras rose highest to meet a wonderful free-kick delivery from Charlie Mulgrew.(uk.eurosport.yahoo.com)ANN.Az