Ivan Rakitic scored his first two goals of the season

Ivan Rakitic scored his first two goals of the season as Champions League holders Barcelona beat BATE Borisov to go top of Group E by three points.

A dominant Barca had 74% possession and 21 shots in Belarus, where Luis Suarez and Neymar forced early saves.
Rakitic, who replaced the injured Sergi Roberto after 18 minutes, found the top corner from 20 yards after half-time.
Neymar made the opener and created Rakitic's coolly taken second with a slick pass.
Luis Enrique's side host BATE - crowned champions of Belarus for a 10th straight season at the weekend - in their next game on 4 November.
Any upset looks unlikely on this showing and the Catalan club's progress could be all but guaranteed by victory if Roma and Bayer Leverkusen draw on the same night.
Even without the injured Lionel Messi, Luis Enrique's side created a host of chances but goalkeeper Sergey Chernik kept them at bay until Rakitic scored his first club goal since last season's Champions League final.
Neymar, influential throughout, could not add to his tally of five goals in his past two games as he was denied by a series of blocks and Chernik's saves.
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique: "This can be a turning point.
"We have been on a run where it has been difficult for us to score and we have suffered at the back with the little that we have been threatened.
"You always need to improve. It was not as though we were so bad but we needed to change.
"We have created a lot of chances to score but we continued with the same run we have had all season where we have not finished them off."

Rakitic lifted his second over the onrushing goalkeeper

Lineup, Bookings (9) & Substitutions (6)

BATE Borisov

• 16 Chernik
• 33 Polyakov Booked
• 03 Gayduchik Booked
• 19 Milunovic Booked
• 25 Mladenovic
• 08 Volodko Booked
• 10 Nikolic (Yablonski - 66' )
• 22 Stasevich
• 62 Gordeychuk
• 42 Volodko Booked (Karnitski - 62' Booked )
• 13 Signevich (Mozolevski - 80' )

Substitutes

• 05 Yablonski
• 07 Karnitski
• 09 Aleksievich
• 17 Rios
• 18 Mozolevski
• 34 Soroko
• 55 Baga

Barcelona

• 01 ter Stegen
• 06 Dani Alves Booked
• 03 Piqué
• 15 Bartra
• 18 Alba
• 20 Sergi (Rakitic - 18' )
• 14 Mascherano
• 05 Busquets Booked (Gumbau - 73' Booked )
• 17 El Haddadi (Ramírez - 70' )
• 09 Suárez
• 11 Neymar

Substitutes

• 04 Rakitic
• 13 Bravo
• 19 Ramírez
• 21 Adriano
• 23 Vermaelen
• 24 Mathieu
• 28 Gumbau

Ref: Manuel Jorge De Sousa

Att: 13,074

Match Stats

Full Time Match ends, BATE Borisov 0, Barcelona 2.

90:00 +3:15 Full time

Full Time Second Half ends, BATE Borisov 0, Barcelona 2.

90:00 +2:59 Gerard Gumbau (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90:00 +2:59 Foul by Igor Stasevich (BATE Borisov).
90:00 +1:51 Attempt missed. Sandro Ramírez (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Gerard Gumbau.
90:00 +0:51 Javier Mascherano (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90:00 +0:51 Foul by Dmitri Mozolevski (BATE Borisov).
90:00 +0:16 Attempt missed. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
88:55 Offside, BATE Borisov. Igor Stasevich tries a through ball, but Dmitri Mozolevski is caught offside.
87:50 Booking

Booking Aleksandr Volodko (BATE Borisov) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

87:49 Neymar (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
87:49 Foul by Aleksandr Volodko (BATE Borisov).
87:03 Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
87:03 Foul by Aleksandr Karnitski (BATE Borisov).
86:36 Neymar (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
86:36 Foul by Dmitri Mozolevski (BATE Borisov).
85:21 Gerard Gumbau (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85:21 Foul by Evgeni Yablonski (BATE Borisov).
82:42 Booking

Booking Nemanja Milunovic (BATE Borisov) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

82:36 Luis Suárez (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.