Messi hits goal 650 as Barca get revenge on Athletic
Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao 2-1 that pushed them level with Real Madrid in second place in La Liga standings behind leaders Atletico Madrid.



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Jordi Alba
OG49' 50'
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16
Pedri
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21
Frenkie de Jong
47'
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67'
20
Sergi Roberto
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10
Lionel Messi
20'
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1
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7
Antoine Griezmann
74'
Goals
1
84'
15
Clément Lenglet
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0
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0
87'
9
Martin Braithwaite
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13
Neto
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24
Júnior Firpo
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12
Ricard Puig
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5
Yeray
39'
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21
Ander Capa
77'
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0
84'
15
Iñigo Lekue
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Goals
0
66'
6
Mikel Vesga
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14
Dani García
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10
Iker Muniain
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0
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0
67'
12
Álex Berenguer
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Goals
0
84'
20
Asier Villalibre
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0
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22
Raúl García
32'
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0
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Oihan Sancet
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0
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Goals
0
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| - | Match ends, Barcelona 2, Athletic Club 1. | |
| 90'+5' | Second Half ends, Barcelona 2, Athletic Club 1. | |
| 90'+3' | Attempt saved. Jordi Alba (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Lionel Messi. |


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| 12 | Fouls | 20 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 7 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
| 2 | Saves | 4 |
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| POS | Team | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atletico Madrid | 19 | +30 | 50 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 20 | +23 | 40 |
| 3 | Real Madrid | 20 | +17 | 40 |
| 4 | Sevilla FC | 20 | +12 | 39 |
| 5 | Villarreal | 21 | +9 | 35 |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 21 | +13 | 32 |
| 7 | Granada | 21 | -10 | 29 |
| 8 | Real Betis | 20 | -8 | 27 |
| 9 | Levante | 20 | 0 | 26 |
| 10 | Celta Vigo | 21 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | Athletic Bilbao | 20 | +2 | 24 |
| 12 | Getafe | 20 | -6 | 24 |
| 13 | Cádiz | 21 | -12 | 24 |
| 14 | Valencia | 21 | -2 | 23 |
| 15 | Eibar | 21 | -6 | 20 |
| 16 | Real Valladolid | 21 | -11 | 20 |
| 17 | Osasuna | 20 | -10 | 19 |
| 18 | Alavés | 21 | -11 | 19 |
| 19 | Elche | 19 | -10 | 17 |
| 20 | Huesca | 21 | -13 | 16 |
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