Thomas Mueller said Bayern Munich’s dominant 3-0 win at Barcelona on Tuesday sent an important message to their rivals for this season’s Champions League title. 

The Bundesliga giants handed Barcelona a brutal demonstration of how far their opponents have fallen as Mueller scored the opening goal at the Camp Nou before Robert Lewandowski netted twice. Without Lionel Messi for a first European campaign since 2003, Barca were outplayed by a Bayern team. Mueller put Bayern ahead when his long-range shot took a deflection which wrong-footed Barca’s goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen after 34 minutes.