Lionel Messi’s 600th career goal for club and country. It also gave Barcelona the lead of eight points from the nearest team in the La Liga table. This is Messi’s third free-kick scored in three consecutive La Liga matches.

Diego Simeone’s men went all-out in the second half, and in the last 30 minutes they went with 4 forwards, but Kevin Gameiro could not find an equalizer with a clear chance on the 85th minute.

Barcelona now sits on the top of the table with 11 games left being 8 points secure from the second place.

The only bad news for Barca was the light injury of Andres Iniesta who was forced to leave the pitch before finishing the first half of the match.