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Lionel Messi, Barcelona Beat Mo Salah, Liverpool in First Leg of UCL Semi-Final

Barcelona will have the advantage going into the second leg of their UEFA Champions League semi-final, as they beat Liverpool 3-0 at the Camp Nou in the first leg on Wednesday. Lionel Messi scored a second-half brace.

Luis Suarez opened the scoring in a tight first half, taking advantage of some poor marking after 26 minutes to split the defence (U.S. viewers only):

The Red were the better team early in the second half but couldn't draw level, and Messi continued his exceptional run against English opposition with 15 minutes left to play:

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Messi has now scored against every single English team he's ever faced ud83dudd25 (via @brfootball) https://t.