Messi seals the victory and the Barça is second



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Lionel Messi provided a goal and an assist as Barcelona beat Sevilla to get within two points of the The league summit.

Sevilla welcomed Barça after having won their last six league games but never seemed to maintain that streak, as Ronald Koeman’s side walked away with a 2-0 victory.

Messi prepared Ousmane Dembélé for the first match just before half an hour and both teams scored goals for offside.

The Barça boss would then conclude the victory with an effort five minutes from the end of a fairly routine afternoon of work.

The last club, Huesca, lost a chance to break out of the relegation zone when they conceded a late draw in a 1-1 draw against Eibar.

Sandro Ramírez scored for the visitors with less than 10 minutes to go, but they couldn’t hold on as Papakouli Diop secured a share of the loot for Eibar.

Alavés remain just one point out of the last three after losing 1-0 at home to Osasuna, with Kike Barja scoring the only goal of the game.

Getafe managed a 3-0 win over 10-man Valencia late in the game when Mauro Arambarri scored before Mouctar Diakhaby was sent off early in the second half, Jaime Mata and Carles Aleana later extended the lead.

GERMANY

The top three in the Bundesliga all victories recorded as Bayern Munich remain at the top of the pile after a 5-1 win by Cologne.

Robert Lewandowski and Serge Gnabry scored a double after Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting put Bayern ahead.

Ellyes Skhiri had retired a goal to make it 2-1, but a second for Lewandowski and a late double from Gnabry ensured a comfortable afternoon for the champions.

RB Leipzig remain two points from the drift in second place after coming back two goals against to beat Borussia Monchengladbach 3-2.

The visitors took the lead when a penalty from Jonas Hofmann and an effort from Marcus Thuram took them in charge in the interval, only for Christopher Nkunku and Yussuf Poulsen to level things out before Alexander Sorloth struck in stoppage time to complete a sensational comeback.

Wolfsburg are five points behind but kept in touch with a 2-0 home win over Hertha Berlin with an own goal from Lukas Klunter and a late effort from Maxence Lacroix was enough for the hosts to send off Marin Pongracic in the last stages.

English international Jadon Sancho matched Messi’s efforts when he scored a goal and assisted in Borussia Dortmund’s 3-0 win over Bielfeld.

Sancho collected his 50th assist in the Bundesliga when he faced Mahmoud Dahoud to open the scoring before converting from the penalty spot after Marco Reus had been fouled and Reinier Jesus added the shine later.

Stuttgart also enjoyed a big win over Schalke pool with Wataru Endo hitting two in a 5-1 break.

Endo put the hosts on track with Sasa Kalajdzic extending the lead before Arsenal loan officer Sead Kolasinac cut one.

But Stuttgart would back away as late goals from Philipp Klement and Daniel Didavi emphasized Schalke’s struggles.

ITALY

Cristiano Ronaldo scored for Juventus in a 1-1 draw against Verona.

The reigning A league The champions are seven points behind leaders Inter Milan after the stalemate in which Ronaldo’s effort just after the break was negated by a goal from Antonin Barak.

Lazio squandered the opportunity to reach the top four by losing 2-0 in Bologna, which claimed the points thanks to goals from Ibrahima Mbaye and Nicola Sansone.

On the other hand, Emmanuel Gyasi hit a double as Spezia came back two behind to draw 2-2 at home with Parma.

The visitors could have moved to two safety points as Yann Karamoh and Hernani Junior had them on their way for just a third win of the campaign before Gyasi struck.

FRANCE

Kylian Mbappé scored two more goals as Paris St Germain thrashed bottom Dijon to move to a point of League 1 Lille leaders.

Everton loan officer Moise Kean opened the scoring early on before Mbappé converted a penalty and doubled home with a decent effort with Danilo heading to give Mauricio Pochettino’s side a 4-0 win.

Metz advanced to fifth place when Vagner Goncalves connected with a last-gasp win in a 2-1 comeback win at Bordeaux, which had been overtaken through Samuel Kalu before Thomas Delaine tied.



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