Messi double leads Barca to nail-biting win over Valencia | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

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Lionel Messi missed a penalty but still scored twice, including an exquisite free-kick, as Barcelona edged a five-goal thriller with Valencia on Sunday to stay within touching distance of the top of La Liga.

After Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid both won on Saturday, there was no margin for error at Mestalla, where Barca’s 3-2 win reduced the gap behind Atletico back to two points, now with four games left to play.

After a frantic week in which Real Madrid drew against Real Betis, Atletico lost to Athletic Bilbao and Barca were beaten on Thursday by Granada, order has been restored to some extent this weekend, with all the top three back to winning ways. And if they have one trump card during the run-in, it is Messi, whose double takes his La Liga tally to 28 goals for the season, seven ahead of Karim Benzema and even more remarkable given his relatively slow start. The Argentinian now has seven in his last five games.

They should have capitalised early in the second half as Goncalo Guedes ran onto Soler’s pass but failed to beat Marc-Andre ter Stegen with a poked finish. Gabriel blocked Pedri’s volley on the line and in the mayhem, Messi reacted fastest to smash in the rebound.

 

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