Messi stepped up to take the spot kick, but instead of striking it past the unfortunate Sergio Alvarez, he rolled it to his right for the onrushing Suarez to slam it past the Celta goalkeeper.
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The trio recently helped Barcelona reached the 100 goal landmark with Suarez scoring nearly a third of those goals.
The Barcelona front man was felled in the box and looked prime to slot home the spot kick to give the Catalans a 4-1 lead over Celta Vigo on Sunday night.
Barcelona wizard Messi had other plans.
Messi and Suarez combined for the second then Suarez got two, after Messi set up Neymar’s assist.
A couple of minutes later Planas was cautioned for bringing down Suarez outside the area and Messi showed no mercy from the resulting free-kick, curling the ball into the near top corner.
“Here, as well as winning titles, we like our members to enjoy the game, and we like to win in a spectacular but sporting way”. I want to win trophies and score goals because that’s my job as a forward.
The play became famous after Johan Cruyff – a Barcelona idol – executed it while playing for Ajax in 1982.
However, in his first year with Barcelona he was on the scoresheet in the Champions League final as his new team beat Juventus 3-1 in Berlin.
Fernando Torres scored after one minute for Atletico Madrid away to Getafe and that was basically it in a game where Atletico were content to hold on to their lead in a windy and cold Alfonso Perez stadium. “It is a legal move and we all know it’s been done before with Cruyff”, he added.
Barca started much more brightly after the break and Suarez hit the post following brilliant wing play from Neymar just 60 seconds into the second-half.
Carrasco had to be substituted in the 54th because an apparent knee injury.
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Also Sunday, fifth-place Sevilla defeated Las Palmas 2-0 with second-half goals by Argentina midfielder Ever Banega and French striker Kevin Gameiro.
