Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde paid tribute to Lionel Messi for his innate ability to make a decisive impact following a wonderful goal in Saturday's 4-1 win over Deportivo Alaves.
Other than having an early goal disallowed, Messi had been unusually subdued by his standards at Camp Nou.
Although Barca went into half-time 2-0 up, Alaves scored early in the second period through midfielder Pere Pons and grew in confidence, until Messi struck his 50th goal for club and country this year with 21 minutes remaining.
Seemingly surrounded by players, Messi managed to unleashed a fierce strike into the left side of the net from 25 yards.