90' + 2' FULL TIME: BARCELONA 5-0 EIBAR.
89' Goal Arthur Henrique Ramos de Oliveira Melo
87' GOAL! MESSI GETS HIS FOURTH! A great moment for Braithwaite, as he takes down a chipped pass from Vidal, gets the better of his marker and drills in a cross which Dmitrov parries back out to Messi, who teases Arbilla and Eibar’s goalkeeper before slotting home from five yards out.
40' GOOOAALLL!!! MESSI HAS HIS HAT-TRICK! Well, no goals for 398 minutes and now three in the space of 26 for Barca’s star. He capitalised on an Eibar mistake and looked set to go for goal, but instead teed up Griezmann. His sloppy touch was intercepted, but Messi made no mistake with a first-time finish on the rebound.
37' It was a neat passage of play from Busquets and Vidal, who combined well to draw in some defenders and release Messi, though he still had plenty to do.
37' GOOOOAAAALLL! It’s 2-0 now, and it’s the main man Messi once more. Busquets fed Vidal, who in turn laid it into Messi’s path and, once he was in the area, the forward had no trouble in sending a low finish across the face of goal from a tight angle.
14' Assist Ivan Rakitić
14' GOOOOAAAALLLL! That is magic from Messi! Well, Barca haven’t really clicked into gear but, with a man of Messi’s quality in their side, it doesn’t always matter. He received the ball from Rakitic with his back to goal, before nutmegging a defender, escaping Diop and lofting a wonderful finish into the bottom-right corner. It's 1-0 Barca!
9' Barca’s diamond shape is allowing them to pile a lot of players forward, though their formation is extremely narrow, meaning the impetus is on Messi and Griezmann to stretch Eibar’s defence. Of course, that is leaving the hosts with less players in the area when they do manage to get into the final third.
7' Eibar have played more LaLiga games without winning against Barca than against any other opponent.
5' NO GOAL! Eibar though they had the lead , with Enrich having headed home from Cote’s cross, but the offside flag was up. Moments earlier, Her Stegen had made a smart stop low to his right to keep out Escalante’s shot.
4' Barca were 3-0 winners in the reverse fixture between these sides and won by the same scoreline in he corresponding game at Camp Nou last season. With first place in their grasp, Setien’s side will be looking to get the result wrapped up early and afford their coach to rest some more of his key names ahead of their meeting with Napoli.
2' During that delay, there seemed to be chants against Barca president Jose Maria Bartomeu and the club’s board, with white handkerchiefs coming out in certain sections of the stands. It is certainly not an entirely happy Camp Nou at the moment.
1' KICK-OFF! Finally, slightly behind schedule, we are up and running at Camp Nou!
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