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Jordi Alba: Barcelona were a different team with Lionel Messi on the pitch

Jordi Alba offered his view on Barcelona’s 5-2 win over Real Betis after playing all 90 minutes for Ronald Koeman’s side at the Camp Nou.

The game was level at 1-1 at half-time after goals from Ousmane Dembele and Antonio Sarabia which saw Ronald Koeman bring on Lionel Messi.

The captain had surprisingly been left out of the starting XI but came on and helped turn the game around. He scored twice, was unlucky not to bag a hat-trick, and also produced a brilliant dummy to tee up Antoine Griezmann.