FC Barcelona continued their winning ways as they were able to get past Eibar on Saturday night. A superb performance by striker Lionel Messi, saw him surpass Cristiano Ronaldo for the most goals in the season so far, leading the race for the Pichichi title.
Neymar has been struggling in the front as he has not been able to score in the last four games, while Luis Suarez has finally found the form that the Barcelona faithful have been were waiting for. Neymar will need to find his form before the midweek Champions’ League clash against Manchester City and then the El Clasico next weekend.
Everyone else on on the team contributed as they were able to put on a great display for the fans before the second leg matchup against Manchester City on Wednesday night.
Messi showed the world that he continues to be the best player in the world when he made the Eibar players look like children on the field. Starting from midfield and taking on not one, not two but four Eibar players, Messi was simply playing with the ball, creating some beautiful dribbling, and nutmegging an Eibar defender.
In the 30th minute, Neymar went on a run and played the ball to Messi, who then shot. The ball hit Borja Ekiza’s hand inside the area. Barcelona was awarded a penalty and Messi stepped up to fire it past goalkeeper Jaime to make it 1-0 game.
10 minutes into the second half, it was Messi again, with his 32nd goal of the season and his 43rd in all competitions.
On a corner kick from Ivan Rakitic, Messi headed the ball in from about 10 yards out to make it a 2-0 game.
With this win, Barcelona continues to be in first place with 65 points, one ahead of Real Madrid. They will look to make it a four-point lead when they face Real Madrid next Sunday.
Eibar on the other hand, face Granada on Saturday and will hope to stay away from relegation.
Messi gets the man of the match, scoring two goals for the Catalan team and for talking the league lead in goals. A win next week will put Barcelona’s league win streak at 10.