article_snippet: a header direct from a corner.
article_snippet: first half penalty, which put Barcelona into a 1-0 lead .
article_snippet: They almost scored with They first attack when first Messi and then Ivan Rakitic went close after Luis Suarez and Adriano had combined down the left.
article_snippet: Messi left five Eibar players behind with one dribble that started inside Messi own half but the move broke down as soon as Messi played in a team-mate and Eibar remained on level terms.
article_snippet: Resistance was finally broken on the half hour when Luis Suarez went on a driving run into the area and released Messi.
article_snippet: Neymar skips past the challenge of Eibar's  Borja Ekiza during the La Liga clash .
article_snippet: Neymar shot cannoned off a defender and hit the arm of Eibar defender Borja Ekiza.
article_snippet: The referee pointed to the spot and although keeper Jaime Jiminez dived the right way Messi’s penalty beat keeper Jaime Jiminez.
article_snippet: but ’s cross from the byline was cleared before Messi’s cross from the byline reached the Brazilian and Eibar made Messi’s cross from the byline to the break just the one goal down.
article_snippet: Messi was at Messi very best at times and made a sensational 70-yard run during the first half .
article_snippet: Messi set up ’s first chance of the second period when Messi slipped Neymar through in the six-yard box only for team-mate to try and fail to nutmeg the goalkeeper.
article_snippet: Having failed to create the second Messi scored it, and with the most unusual of Messi goals.
article_snippet: Rakitic took a corner from the right and Messi found space 10 yards out.
article_snippet: Messi header down skidded off the turf and past a defender on the line to make His header down 2-0.
highlights_snippet: Lionel Messi gave Luis Enrique's side lead with first half penalty .
  