Gerard Pique scored Barcelona’s first Champions League goal this season as Ronald Koeman’s side beat Dynamo Kyiv to end their losing start to Group E.

Pique volleyed in a superb opener from Jordi Alba’s cross as the hosts found the net in Europe for the first time in more than four and a half hours.

Barcelona were comfortable, if not clinical, and success keeps their hopes of reaching the knockout stage alive.

It was the 34-year-old defender’s first goal of the campaign and a timely one for the hosts, who were on a run of 287 minutes without one in the competition and had been frustrated by Kyiv.

Sergino Dest earlier headed over and Ansu Fati wasted a good chance to double his side’s lead, before Sergio Aguero was brought on for his first Champions League appearance for the club.

But the best chance that fell the former Manchester City striker’s way in his 15-minute cameo was a speculative long-distance effort that struck a defender.

It means Barcelona head into Sunday’s El Clasico against Real Madrid at the Nou Camp on the back of successive wins this week, having beaten Valencia 3-1 at the weekend.

Striker Noah Okafor scored twice as RB Salzburg claimed a precious 3-1 victory over VfL Wolfsburg at the Red Bull Arena Salzburg to steam ahead in Group G and stay on course for the knockout rounds.

City fan attacked

Five people have been arrested and an investigation is underway after a Manchester City supporter was attacked following their Champions League game at Club Brugge, Belgian authorities said on Wednesday.

The incident took place at a parking lot in Drongen after City’s 5-1 win over Brugge on Tuesday. The Belgium-based supporter, 63, is in “mortal danger”, the East Flanders public prosecutor’s office said in a statement.

“A man wearing a Manchester City scarf had stopped the car in the motorway parking in Drongen after the match and had made his way to the shop,” it added.