Messi heads a Daniel Alves cross from the left side of the six-yard box, but his effort drifts just wide to the left.

Messi’s left-footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked by the Málaga defence, denying a clear shooting chance.

After a layoff from Zlatan Ibrahimović, Messi strikes left-footed from the centre of the box, but his effort is blocked.

Messi drives forward in the attacking half and is fouled, winning a free kick for Barcelona.

Messi gets on the end of another Daniel Alves pass on the right side of the box, but his right-footed shot flies over the bar.

Messi slips a pass to Zlatan Ibrahimović in the box, whose right-footed shot from the left side is blocked by the defence.

From a Messi cross, Carles Puyol rises in the centre of the box to head on goal, but his effort is blocked.

Cutting in from the right, Messi’s left-footed shot from inside the box is saved spectacularly in the top left corner by the goalkeeper.

Messi delivers a precise cross that finds Zlatan Ibrahimović’s head in the six-yard box, but the close-range header is saved.

Messi makes a run behind the defence for Xavi’s through ball but is flagged offside before he can threaten the goal.

On the right wing, Messi beats his man and is brought down, winning a free kick that keeps the pressure on Málaga.

From the ensuing set piece, Messi combines in the box and lays the ball to Andrés Iniesta, whose right-footed shot rattles the crossbar.

Messi tries his luck with a left-footed strike from outside the box, but the goalkeeper saves comfortably in the centre of the goal after a layoff from Iniesta.

Messi finally breaks through, finishing Daniel Alves’s cut-back with a right-footed shot from the centre of the box into the middle of the net to make it 2–1.

Messi carries the ball in the attacking half in the closing minutes and is fouled, winning another dangerous free kick for Barcelona.