( CNN ) -- Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Samuel Eto ' o were both kept under wraps by their former team-mates as Inter Milan held Champions League holders Barcelona to a dour Group F goalless draw at the San Siro . Thierry Henry ( left ) finds no way past Javier Zanetti as Inter Milan and Barcelona cancel each other out . The quick return of the two strikers to their old clubs dominated talk in the build-up to the match but neither player , or anyone else for that matter , was able to find the breakthrough as defences came out on top . The visitors had the better of the chances , with Lionel Messi skipping inside two defenders forcing goalkeeper Julio Cesar into a fine save in the opening minute . Seven minutes later Ibrahimovic had a decent chance to net against his former employers when he got in behind the Inter defence , but his subsequent shot was poor . Messi had another effort soon after , his header being comfortably saved by Cesar , before Inter had their first sight of goal when Maicon fired over from 20 yards out . Barca were back in the ascendancy towards the end of the half , and Seydou Keita missed the best chance of the period four minutes before the break . Xavi 's chip found Dani Alves inside the area , and he drew out Cesar before laying the ball back to Keita with most of the goal to aim for . However , the Mali international fired wide of the far post to let Inter off the hook . Barca survived a sare in the 65th minute when Dejan Stankovic fired just over from outside the box , before Messi , put the ball over the bar from six yards out for Barca after latching onto Thierry Henry 's driven cross-shot . Barca then had a loud penalty appeal turned down , believing Stankovic had handled in the area , but those claims fell on deaf ears and the Catalan giants were forced to settle for a draw . Meanwhile , in the other group match , Dynamo Kiev scored three goals in the final 20 minutes as they came from behind to beat Russian debutants Rubin Kazan 3-1 . The visitors took a shock 25th-minute lead when Alejandro Dominguez lashed a free-kick into the top left-hand corner of the net . Kiev had to wait until the 70th minute to equalize when Ayiila Yussuf rose to head home Junior Gerson Magrao 's corner . Nine minutes later , Kiev went ahead when Andrei Shevchenko 's pass found Magrao to fire home -- and Kiev made the three points safe with five minutes remaining when Oleg Gusev lashed home a right-footed shot . In Group E , both Liverpool and Lyon won their opening home matches 1-0 against Hungarian side Debrecen and Fiorentina of Italy respectively . At Anfield , Dirk Kuyt 's 12th goal in 35 Champions League games gave the Premier League side a hard-fought victory . The Dutchman is now Liverpool 's third-highest scorer in the competition 's history after he forced the ball home after goalkeeper Vukasin Poleksic had palmed out a Fernando Torres drive . In Lyon , the home side made a winning start to their campaign with a narrrow win over a 10-man Fiorentina side who had striker Alberto Gilardino sent off at the end of the first-half for elbowing Jeremy Toulalan . Miralem Pjanic scored the winner from close range in the 76th minute after Fiorentina goalkeeper Sebastien Frey had kept out Kim Kallstrom 's cross .
Inter Milan and holders Barcelona draw 0 - 0 at San Siro in opening Group F matches . Dynamo Kiev comes back from goal a goal behind to defeat Rubin Kazan 3 - 1 . Liverpool and Lyon open their Group E matches with 1 - 0 wins respectively .