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Valencia vs Barcelona, La Liga: Final Score 1-1, Lionel Messi scores as Barça earn vital point at Mestalla

Barcelona have now gone four games without a win but are still top of La Liga thanks to a hard-fought 1-1 draw with Valencia at the Mestalla. After a bad start and a poor goal conceded, the Blaugrana dominated the rest of the game and deserved to score more than just one goal, but Lionel Messi was the only one who could beat a very strong Valencia defense and gave Barça what could be a giant point later in the season.

FIRST HALF

Barça could not have started the game any worse, with Ezequiel Garay scoring an easy tap-in from a corner just two minutes into the first half.