Messi Delivers His 500th Goal to Raise Barcelona’s Hopes for The La Liga Title

MADRID: Lionel Messi struck his 500th Barcelona objective with practically the last kick of the amusement to expose the La Liga title race with an exciting 3-2 win at Real Madrid on Sunday. Messi had broken a three-year goalless dry season against Madrid to offset Casemiro’s opener for Madrid in the principal half.

Ivan Rakitic’s shocking strike and a red card for Madrid chief Sergio Ramos for slashing down Messi 13 minutes from time put Barca on course for the triumph before James Rodriguez fell off the seat to level four minutes from time.

Be that as it may, fittingly, Messi had the last say with a splendid, complete profound into stoppage time to lift Barcelona’s expectations of a third straight La Liga title. Triumph takes Barca top of the table on account of their better no holds barred record with both sides bolted in 75 focuses, however Madrid have an amusement close by.

Straight from dumping Bayern Munich out of the Champions League. In a 4-2 thriller after additional time in midweek. Madrid had begun unhesitatingly in another short of breath experience at the Bernabeu.

Cristiano Ronaldo had solid interests for a punishment postponed away inside. Two minutes after he seemed to have cut by Samuel Umtiti. Not long after Messi left stunned. Bloodied in the wake of being gotten by a stray elbow from Marcelo. The Argentina still around Ronaldo bored another fine exertion. Towards the objective that Marc-Andre ter Stegen did well to repel to security.

Obviously, given both Madrid’s strength and Barca’s powerlessness to safeguard set-pieces, the opener landed from a dead ball. Marcelo grabbed the free ball from a corner and when Sergio Ramos volleyed his cross against the post. Casemiro was close by to take advantage of an unguarded net.

The lead endured only five minutes, however, as with a tissue as yet cleaning the blood from his cheek. Messi moved past Dani Carvajal and Nacho to flame home his first objective against Madrid for a long time.