Messi curls a left-footed shot from outside the box that beats the keeper but crashes against the left post after a layoff from Ansu Fati.

Messi threads a precise through ball into the box for Luis Suárez, whose left-footed effort from the centre of the area is saved.

After winning a free kick in the attacking half, Messi takes the direct set piece with his left foot from outside the box but sends it just over the bar.

Messi drifts wide and delivers a precise cross into the box, which Ansu Fati controls and finishes with a right-footed shot to the bottom right corner for Barcelona’s opener.

On a fast break, Messi arrives in the box to meet Riqui Puig’s pass and finishes with a left-footed shot from the left side of the six-yard box into the bottom left corner.

Messi swings in a dangerous cross from the right, finding Arturo Vidal whose powerful header from the centre of the box is saved low to the left.

Messi combines with Luis Suárez in the box, slipping him the ball on the right side of the six-yard area, but Suárez’s left-footed effort drifts just wide of the far post.

Messi looks to run in behind onto a through ball from Ansu Fati, but the move is halted as he is flagged offside.

Messi drives forward and draws a foul in the attacking half, earning Barcelona another dangerous free kick position.

Jordi Alba sends a driven cross into the area and Messi, arriving centrally, strikes a left-footed shot from the middle of the box into the centre of the net for Barcelona’s fifth.