Barcelona fire five against Celta Vigo in La Liga

Messi then assisted Neymar by threading a precise pass to meet his strike partner’s run into the box, where Neymar added his own exquisite touch by popping the ball into a flawless tight arc over the helpless ‘keeper.

The lead was doubled in the 39th minute as Messi turned provider to play in Neymar, who brilliantly lobbed the ball over Alvarez, 2-0.

Barcelona produced a scintillating display as a brace from Lionel Messi as well as goals from Neymar, Ivan Rakitic, and Samuel Umtiti completed the rout.

It was a performance which Barca are renowned for but one that has been rarely seen this season.

An inspired performance by Messi on Saturday raised Barca hopes of a miraculous Champions League fightback from 4-0 down against Paris Saint-Germain next Wednesday.

Marco Asensio hit the fourth on the hour with a rebound after James had struck the post, although Ruben Pena bundled in a consolation goal for Eibar in the 72nd minute. Messi had fewer defenders to navigate past, with Gustavo Cabral and Sergi Gomez failing to dislodge the ball from the diminutive forward before he fired past Sergio Alvarez.

The win took Barcelona‘s points tally to 60, one more than Real Madrid.

Barcelona fans are already turning their attention to the PSG game, unfurling banners reading, “We’ll turn it around” and chanting, “Yes we can”.

The home side, who had won five league games in succession, finished where they left off in the first-half and scored a third after 57 minutes.

Without a loss in their previous 18 league video games, Barcelona were planning to rectify the misdoings of their 4-3 loss to Celta back in October and also having actually racked up 16 goals in their previous 3 video games, their tenth-placed challengers maybe took a trip to Catalonia at the incorrect time. Messi scored the last goal of the match. Barca started the game on a good note with Messi’s wonderful goal in the 24 minute as they continued to pose a constant threat to Celta. But just four minutes later, Messi scored 1st goal and the credit was all alone himself. “I have unbreakable faith that we can win the tie”.