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    Lionel Messi's assists hand Barcelona win over Real Betis

    Lionel Messi's assists hand Barcelona win over Real Betis

    By Ayush Gupta
    Feb 10, 2020
    12:10 pm

    What's the story

    Lionel Messi came to the rescue of Barcelona, once again, as his hat-trick of assists allowed his side to tame Real Betis 3-2 in La Liga on Sunday.

    Interestingly, the match saw two red cards being issued, one to each side, while the win allowed Barca to keep up the pace with the table-toppers Real Madrid.

    Here are further details on this.

    Match report

    How did the match pan out?

    Betis scored the first goal in the sixth minute through a penalty, before Frenkie de Jong equalized it in ninth.

    Betis got ahead again in the 26th minute, while Sergio Busquets scored at the stroke of half-time to keep the deadlock.

    While Clément Lenglet scored the winner in the 72nd, he and Nabil Fekir were sent off, as Barca maintained the lead to win.

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    This win will give us motivation and extra energy: Setien

    "In Bilbao, we played well, but they knocked us out. This win will give us motivation and extra energy for the future," said Barca manager Quique Setien, who was under fire following their Copa del Rey quarters loss to Athletic Bilbao.

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    Key stats

    Some interesting stats from the match

    Some key stats from the match:

    Messi became the second player, after Jadon Sancho, to reach the double figures for both goals and assists across the top five European leagues in this season.

    Messi is also the second player, after Timo Werner, among the players of the top five European leagues, to script a hat-trick of goals and assists in 2019-20.

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    Messi in 2019-20

    Messi leads the season chart for most goals and assists

    With this win, Barca are on the second spot in La Liga table, three points behind Madrid.

    Meanwhile, Messi continues to dominate the goal-scoring tally this season, having scored 14, while he is followed by Madrid's Karim Benzema, who has scored 13.

    Messi also leads the tally with the most number of assists (11), followed by his team-mate Luis Suarez, who has seven.

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