Barcelona 1-1 Napoli - 5 talking points as new signings Aubameyang and Torres struggle

A second half penalty from Ferran Torres following a contentious VAR decision rescued a draw for Barcelona against Napoli in their Europa League tie at the Camp Nou.

Piotr Zielinski opened the scoring for the visitors just before the half-hour mark after a flowing counter-attacking move, culminating in the Polish international netting at the second attempt.

Torres netted from the spot following a controversial decision which saw Juan Jesus’s accidental handball punished via an intervention from VAR.

Barca may have been let off the hook by that decision but they spurned multiple opportunities to win the game, with former Man City forward Torres culpable of passing up several chances.

Mirror Football looks at the five main talking points as Barca played their first Europa League match in 18 years.

This was Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s first start for Barcelona since joining the club on a free transfer from Arsenal, but things did not go to plan.

The Gabonese striker was anonymous for almost all of his 84 minutes on the pitch, before he was replaced by Luuk de Jong as Barca searched for a late winner.

Aubameyang started centrally in a front three with Ferran Torres and Adama Traore either side of him, but his fellow new arrivals were involved in much more of the action.

This was Aubameyang’s first start in a club match since 5 December so his lack of match sharpness may be understandable, but Blaugrana fans will be hopeful he gets up to speed as soon as possible.

It was a night of mixed fortunes for Ferran Torres, who netted the penalty that drew Barcelona level early in the second half but who missed multiple openings in open play.

The most damaging of all was when the Spain international fired wide of goal when