Messi scores four as Barcelona hop above crushed Real Madrid in La Liga

Lionel Messi scored four objectives and Barcelona recovered the top spot in the La Liga as Real Madrid endured an unexpected destruction by Levante the previous evening, seven days before the Clasico.

Madrid's bad dream evening was aggravated by another injury to Eden Hazard, who was constrained off in the second 50% of their 1-0 thrashing in Valencia and is currently dicey to confront Manchester City on Wednesday in the Champions League.

"It doesn't look great," said Real mentor Zinedine Zidane a short time later.

Messi, in the interim, derided discuss an objective dry season by scoring four against Eibar after four games without one, while crisis marking Martin Braithwaite made two helps off the seat, teeing up Messi and afterward Arthur Melo in injury-time.

Their 5-0 defeat, combined with Madrid's annihilation, implies Barca move back to the summit of La Liga, two focuses in front of Zidane's side in front of next Saturday's standoff at the Santiago Bernabeu.

It adds up to an extensive move in energy, with Barcelona away at Napoli in the main leg of the Champions League keep going 16 on Tuesday.

Madrid have City daily later and the arrangement had been for Hazard to recapture structure and wellness in what was just his second beginning since coming back from a quarter of a year out with a wrecked right foot.

Be that as it may, the Belgian sat in the uncovered with an ice pack around a similar foot subsequent to going off and Zidane recommended it was a recurrent physical issue after the match. "It very well may be frail where you've had a physical issue," he said.

For Madrid, playing make up for lost time again one weekend from now will be an especially overwhelming mental blow, particularly given the arrangement of off-field issues immersing Barcelona as of late.

However on the pitch, Messi gave no indication of interruption as the 32-year-old finished the second quickest of his now 36 group cap stunts, after under 40 minutes at Camp Nou.

"There's nothing left to do except for stand up and acclaim," Eibar composed on Twitter subsequently.

"I won't wash my unit in the wake of embracing Messi," said Braithwaite.

Braithwaite's appearance from Leganes drew analysis after Barcelona profited by an inquisitive La Liga decide that permits clubs to sign outside of the exchange window in the event that they have lost a player to genuine injury.

Splendid Messi

Messi immediately found a good pace, a splendid first objective in the fourteenth moment in the wake of gathering the ball midway, around 30 yards out. He had three Eibar protectors before him yet found a path through, nutmegging Anaitz Arbilla before chipping carefully into the corner.

The second came in the 37th moment as Sergio Busquets discovered Arturo Vidal, who feathered a flick into Messi's way. Messi flooded forward, past his staggering rivals, and terminated in.

His third, after three minutes, was the most straightforward of the trio and showed up simply after he attempted to play in Antoine Griezmann. His liberality was compensated as a messy Griezmann contact implied the ball cannoned back to Messi, who contritely jabbed in.

Mentor Quique Setien had the option to take Griezmann off with 18 minutes left and present Braithwaite for his introduction. Braithwaite's first commitment was a slanted cross yet things improved endlessly from that point, as two goes across objective gave Messi his fourth and Arthur his first.

Madrid were never in charge of a riotous challenge against Levante yet may have led the pack if Hazard had improved a long ball over the top from Marcelo, which he neglected to control and afterward scraped under the control of Aitor Fernandez.

He limped off and Madrid lost their direction, at long last rebuffed with 11 minutes left by a straight ball through to Morales. Luka Modric, uncovered on the correct side of Madrid's barrier, couldn't recuperate and Morales got Courtois unsuspecting terminating ahead of schedule past the goalkeeper and into the top corner.

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