Barcelona v Celta de Vigo Live Commentary, 11/9/19

The win will take a certain amount of pressure off Valverde, but his side were nowhere near what Barca's fans want them to be. Celta wouldn't have been expecting to take any points from this, but another defeat deepens the severity of their situation nonetheless. They're bang in the middle of a relegation scrap.

Well, Barca go back to the top of La Liga with a convincing scoreline, an unconvincing performance and a Messi hat-trick. He rolled them into the lead from the penalty spot before giving away a free-kick from which Olaza bent in an excellent equaliser. Messi then fired in two trademark free-kicks of his own either side of half-time, before a ball sat up nicely for Busquets to hammer…