LaLiga: Messi comes from bench to help Barcelona survive Villarreal scare in 8-goal thriller
Barcelona thus avoided a first league loss since November following a last-gasp Luis Suarez strike after Messi gave the Catalan club hope with a deadly free kick in the 90th minute at Estadio de la Cerámica.
NAN reports that the draw resulted in Barca’s lead over nearest challengers Atletico Madrid, who had earlier won 2-0 at home to lowly Girona, being trimmed to eight points.Even without Messi, Gerard Pique and Ivan Rakitic in their starting line-up, the visitors still strolled into the lead through a Philippe Coutinho goal in the 12th minute.But Villarreal, who began the game hovering one point above the relegation zone, were to soon haul themselves back into contention.
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