Messi unleashes a right-footed shot from outside the box that is heading for the top centre, but Álex Remiro saves it. Jordi Alba had set him up with the pass.

From outside the area, Messi hits a left-footed effort that is blocked before it can trouble the keeper, after receiving the ball from Sergio Busquets.

Messi threads a precise pass to Sergiño Dest on the right, and Dest finishes with a low right-footed shot to the far corner to make it 2–0.

Messi times his run perfectly onto a through ball from Sergio Busquets and calmly slots a left-footed shot from the centre of the box into the bottom right corner for Barça’s fourth.

Messi combines with Jordi Alba to release him for a left-footed strike from outside the box, but Álex Remiro makes the save and denies the chance.

Messi tries another left-footed attempt from outside the box, but the Real Sociedad defence steps in to block his shot.

Running onto a pass from Jordi Alba, Messi arrives in the centre of the box and finishes clinically with his left foot into the bottom left corner for Barcelona’s sixth.