Barcelona star Ivan Rakitic hailed Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar and said his team were well aware of their quality after a 7-0 thrashing of Celtic.

Luis Enrique's attacking trio put on a show in the Champions League at Camp Nou on Tuesday.

Messi scored a hat-trick, Suarez struck twice and Neymar netted with a free-kick, to go with Andres Iniesta's brilliant volley.

MSN were involved in every goal, with Neymar also having four assists in the Group C trouncing.

"We all know the quality of the trident," Rakitic said, via the club's Twitter.

"They always turn up when we need them."

The result and performance were exactly what Barca wanted after their shock 2-1 LaLiga loss to Alaves on Saturday.