It must be demoralising to face Barcelona.
To play as well as Sevilla did and leave the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan empty-handed doesn’t make any sense. But neither does Lionel Messi.
An anomaly, a freak, an alien, it’s all been said before but we must keep repeating ourselves until he hangs up his boots.
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The Argentine maestro pulled Barcelona away from the edge of a black hole with a sensational hat-trick on Saturday, the 50th of his career, earning them a crucial 4-2 win in Andalusia.
In a disastrous first half, it seemed like the Catalans were opening the door for Atletico and Real Madrid to sweep back into the title race, but thanks to Messi, Barca sit provisionally 10 points clear at the top.