London, Nov 28: Barcelona made it nine out of nine and Thierry Henry three out of three, while Inter Milan's 11 were too strong for Newcastle United's 10 in the Champions League on Wednesday. Barcelona opened their second phase campaign with a 2-1 win at Bayer Leverkusen and Inter won 4-1 at Newcastle United in the night's other game in Group A.

Arsenal are the early leaders in Group B after winning 3-1 at AS Roma, while Valencia drew 1-1 with Ajax Amsterdam in the group's other match on a miserable night for home teams.

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Barca's win at Leverkusen was their ninth successive European victory this season and came courtesy of an 88th minute goal from Dutch substitute Marc Overmars.

Dimitar Berbatov had given Leverkusen a 39th minute lead, but Javier Saviola equalised early in the second half before Overmars sealed the points.

After two wins in the qualifying phase, Barcelona won all six matches in the opening group stage and Wednesday's victory made it nine out of nine. Bureau Report