Barcelona storms back from a deficit to beat Galatasaray 4-1 in Istanbul

Barcelona needed a second-half push to leave Istanbul with a big Champions League win.

Galatasaray led 1-0 before Barcelona answered with four goals and finished 4-1 winners on Tuesday night.

Galatasaray strikes first

The hosts went ahead in the 27th minute. After Anthony Gordon went down in the penalty area Galatasaray broke the other way through Rafael Leão. He cut the ball back and Aleksey Batrakov's shot deflected off João Cancelo and went in.

Victor Osimhen later headed a corner that looked destined for the net but Barış Yılmaz was ruled offside when he forced the ball over the line.

Barcelona flips the game

Barcelona leveled when Lamine Yamal went down at the edge of the box. The loose ball reached Davinson Sánchez who gave it away. Dani Olmo slipped a pass to Cancelo and Cancelo scored.

Yamal took over after halftime. In the 50th minute he floated a cross onto the head of Fermín López for a 2-1 lead. Three minutes later Yamal beat Eren Elmalı several times in a tight space and rolled a pass to Gordon who finished.

In the 65th minute Yamal cut inside and found Gabriel Jesus. The ball broke to Karim Adeyemi who drilled home the fourth.