Champions League round-up:Lionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona crushed BATE Borisov 5-0 away for their first win in Champions League Group H.

Fresh from hitting a hat-trick in his side’s Primera Liga win by the same score over Atletico Madrid on Saturday, Messi blasted home in the 38th and 56th minutes to put the game out of sight.

Aliaksandr Volodko’s own goal after 19 minutes had set the defending champions on their way and Pedro added a second two minutes later. David Villa completed the scoring in the last minute.

Also in Group H, AC Milan had to work hard to dispatch Viktoria Plzen at the San Siro, waiting until the 53rd minute until Zlatan Ibrahimovic finally broke the deadlock from the penalty spot.

Massimiliano Allegri’s men, who have struggled to make an impact in Serie A so far with five points from four games, put the points beyond doubt when Antonio Cassano netted the second in the 66th minute.

Michael Ballack scored in injury time to give Bayer Leverkusen a 2-0 victory over Racing Genk in Group E match.

Germany midfielder Lars Bender had scored from long range to put Leverkusen ahead in the 30th minute after they had wasted a handful of chances.

Bender beat goalkeeper Laszlo Koteles with a blast from a difficult angle on the right that went inside the far post.

Zenit St Petersburg beat 10-man Porto 3-1 in Group G with Roman Shirokov netting a double in Russia, while in the same group Shakhtar Donetsk drew 1-1 at home with APOEL Nicosia.