Barcelona 6-1 AS Roma: Player Ratings

Iturbe was the best player on the pitch for Roma, despite coming off the bench

AS Roma:

Wojciech Szczesny- 5/10

The Arsenal loanee could do little to stop his prolific counterparts from cutting past his defense and set up some easy goals. He was alert of the attacking threat of Barcelona throughout the game as he made some crucial saves while also keeping out Neymar's penalty in the second period of the game.

Maicon- 3/10

With all his experience, the Brazilian international was unable to keep his attacking opponents at bay and especially faced a torrid time dealing with Neymar down the right-hand side of the pitch. With little attacking intent from the visitors, we never saw any surging runs forward as well from the 34-year-old right-back.

Konstantinos Manolas- 4/10

Though the Italian side let in six goals during the game, Manolas seemed the only defender who was seeking damage limitation. If not for Greek international's quick feet and general awareness, the Italian giants would have easily let in few more goals.

However, playing a really high line defensively, Manolas could not keep the likes of Messi, Suarez, and Neymar from making fine runs into the box, which eventually split the defense open.

Antonio Rudiger- 2/10

It was a learning curve for the 22-year-old German as he failed to implement the Roma's high line offside trap and played into the hands of his opponents on more than one occasion. He was unsuccessful at deciphering the quick tiki-taka passes as well keeping out some dangerous long balls.

Lucas Digne- 3.5/10

The Paris Saint-Germain defender on loan to Roma did not have a great game and was constantly teased by Dani Alves and Lionel Messi on the left flank throughout the game. The French left-back supplied the cross, which was eventually headed in by Dzeko for Roma's only goal of the game.

Miralem Pjanic- 3/10

The Bosnia and Herzegovina international has been in tremendous form this season but was unable to showcase the same during this one-sided rout. He was unable to see much of the ball and constantly needed to help out his defense as Barcelona marched forward, time and again.

Seydou Keita-2/10

The former Barcelona man was guilty of providing too much time and space on the ball for Barcelona's attacking trio. Playing a high-line, Keita did not press forward far enough in order to stop the Spanish giants from delivering precise long balls for their front men.

Radja Nainggolan - 3/10

Nainggolan can be a dangerous player to deal with in the midfield, but such was the sheer class of their opponents that he hardly seemed a threat. He was constantly found out of position trying to help out his horrendous defense in order to keep their high-flying opponents at bay. Hardly effective, the Belgian was substituted at the end of the first half.

Alessandro Florenzi- 2/10

After scoring a wonder goal against the Catalans in the reverse fixture, Florenzi could never really stamp his authority, being a mere spectator for the majority of the game. The attacking winger was forced deep into his own half on several occasions, which ultimately led to him being substituted early into the second half.

Iago Falque- 4/10

A graduate of the Barcelona B team, Falque tried to unlock the Barcelona defense with some decent runs, but eventually lost the ball in the attacking third far too easily. The Spaniard powered in a terrific shot on goal, which was acrobatically saved by ter Stegen.

He seemed like the only one who looked capable of providing some service to the isolated Edin Dzeko.

Edin Dzeko- 5/10

Dzeko missed a great chance early in the game when he failed to head in a simple header into the Barcelona net to give Roma a surprising lead. His body language looked miserable owing to the lack of service provided to him.

The Bosnian got a golden opportunity late in the second half when he earned a penalty for his side, which he ultimately missed. He eventually found the back of the net in the final seconds of the match netting in a fine header to give the visitors some consolation.

Substitutes:

Juan Manuel Iturbe- 5.5/10

The Argentine was introduced in the second half and gave the visitors a breath of fresh air from the attacking point of view. His pace seemed to trouble the Barcelona defense on a couple of occasions. The 22-year-old also picked his team-mates brilliantly with some fine passes and was easily the best player on the pitch for the visitors.

William Vainqueur- 3/10

The 27-year-old was brought in as a defensive substitution as Rudi Garcia realised the need to patch up his leaky defense. However, Barcelona netted in just two minutes after William came on. The French midfielder never really looked comfortable against the Catalans during the time he was on the pitch.

Salih Ucan- 2/10

Brought late into the second half, the Turkish midfielder was responsible for conceding the penalty that eventually led to Barcelona's sixth goal of the game.