Jules Kounde serves up Champions League masterclass for Barcelona

Photo by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP via Getty ImagesThe 5-2 win over Red Star Belgrade - or Crvena zvezda to give them their proper name - might well have been expected before the game, and, as it turned out, was a routine win for Barcelona.

With half an hour gone and with the scores at one apiece, however, things might have turned out different on another night.

Hansi Flick’s Barca are made of sterner stuff mind you, and another solid second-half showing was enough to ease the Blaugranes away from their hosts.

Three more points place the Catalans in a healthy six position, just three points behind leaders Liverpool, at the half-way stage.

Their five-goal salvo also now means Barca are the highest…