Barcelona vs Eibar live blog, updates: Lionel Messi completes first half hat-trick

Photo by Xavier Bonilla/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesGOAL!!! Barcelona 3-0 Eibar (Messi 39’): IT’S A GOAT-TRICK!!! Barça recover the ball inside the Eibar box, Messi tries to assist Antoine Griezmann, the ball is knocked back into Messi’s path and the captain completes a first-half treble!

GOAL!!! Barcelona 2-0 Eibar (Messi 37’): IT’S TWO FOR BARÇA!!! Beautiful one-two between Messi and Vidal, and the captain runs past three defenders before passing the ball into the bottom corner!

GOAL!!!! Barcelona 1-0 Eibar (Messi 14’): BARÇA TAKE THE LEAD!!! Beautiful sequence of possession in the middle of the pitch and the ball finds Lionel Messi, who NUTMEGS Arbilla at the edge of the box and finds the…