Barcelona just edged it on their trip to Almeria on Saturday evening. Messi opened the scoring after fifteen minutes and Iniesta added a second just three minutes later.
Almeria’s Acasiete them added his name to the score sheet, unfortunately at the wrong end. Pedro and Messi added two more before half time.
The second half was little different from the first, Messi completing his hat-trick and Bojan grabbing a pair to make the final result Almeria 0-8 Barcelona.