Lionel Messi produced a brilliant performance to save Barca from a defeat and with Atletico Madrid losing later, that draw has become extremely important. Barcelona instead of seeing their lead cut to three points, we have the lead increased to six points. And there is only one person to thank, Lionel Messi.
FC Barcelona was held to a 2-2 draw by Valencia at the Camp Nou in a match which would have seriously brought us back to the ground. After the 6-1 victory over Sevilla, Barcelona struggled against an opponent who took the game to our boys. Lionel Messi scored two goals to make sure that Barcelona comes out of the match with at least one point.
If there were comparisons drawn between Xavi and Arthur, looking at the latter's style of play, that's just going to increase much fold after what he did for the second goal against Sevilla. That assist for Rakitic's goal made you feel like Xavi is still playing in the midfield, and that's a nice feeling to have.
