Messi makes a close-range left-footed attempt from the right side of the six-yard box, but Rubén Martínez saves low to his bottom right corner.

Messi meets Pedro’s cross with a close-range header and crashes his effort off the bar, coming agonizingly close to scoring.

Messi is penalized for a handball, stopping play after controlling the ball with his arm.

Messi commits a foul, halting an Almería move as the referee whistles for the infringement.

Messi threads a through ball aiming for Luis Suárez, but the move is cut short as Suárez is flagged offside.

Messi connects with a Luis Suárez delivery and heads from the center of the box, but his effort cannons off the bar instead of finding the net.

Luis Suárez attempts a through ball toward Messi, yet the attack is halted when Messi is ruled offside.

Messi cuts inside on the right side of the box and hits a right-footed shot that is blocked, after being set up by Ivan Rakitić.