Good evening and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the Spanish Liga fixture between Barcelona and Leganes. We'll bring you all the action as it happens at Camp Nou. Kick off is at 7.45pm.
- O. Dembélé(32')
- L. Suárez(71')
- L. Messi(90+2')
- M. Braithwaite(57')
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Leganes put up a fight against Barcelona, but in the end the Spanish champions just had too much quality for them. The introduction of Messi made the difference. Valverde will be fairly pleased with what he saw from his side, although his mood will be darkened by the injury sustained by Dembele.
FULL TIME: Barcelona 3-1 Leganes
Leganes can be proud of how they have played in this second half, but they will rue how passive they were in the first half. Braithwaite gave Barcelona some real problems tonight.
That was a fantastic way to wrap up this game. There was a fan in the Camp Nou stands with a sign saying he'd flown 5,000 miles to see Messi. He got his money's worth in the end.
This was the second Barcelona goal that effectively won them the game...
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Barcelona 3 (93 mins - Lionel Messi) Leganes 1. Messi golazooooooo! It's that connection between Messi and Alba once again! They exchanged passes inside the box and then Messi fired high into the net! This has been a test for Barcelona, but they now have the points secured.
Goal
L. Messi
There is a certain nervousness around Camp Nou as the addition of seven minutes stoppage time is announced. There's still some time for Leganes to get something from this.
SEVEN minutes of stoppage time to be played at the end of the match.
And the third and final change from Pellegrino sees Eraso thrown on. Can he make the difference?
A double change for Leganes and El-Zhar will come on for the final few minutes.
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N. El Zhar
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Ó. Rodríguez
Barcelona just need to be careful here. There is space in behind for Leganes to exploit and Santos has the pace to make the most of that. The scoreline is only 2-1. Not over yet.
Last ditch tackle! Santos was just about in there. The ball just wouldn't fall for the Leganes forward and Vermaelen got across to make the late tackle to deny him the shot on goal from 12 yards out.
Coutinho has been quite disappointing in this second half. The Brazilian playmaker has been playing well of late, but he has hardly made an impression in this game. Below par.
The introduction of Messi has changed the dynamic of this match. Barcelona are well on top and are searching for a third goal that would kill this game as a contest and see off Leganes.
Naughty from Cuellar! The Leganes goalkeeper knew exactly what he was doing there. He made the save from Suarez and then barged straight into him. Revenge for the goal.
Chance for Suarez! Nice play between the Barcelona striker and Alba in the box presents Suarez with the scoring opportunity, but his shot is straight at goalkeeper Cuellar.
Another change for Leganes and it's Braithwaite who comes off. That's somewhat surprising.
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M. Santos
Off
M. Braithwaite