Eibar 0-3 Barcelona: 3 players who impressed and 2 who were poor | La Liga 2019/20

SD Eibar SAD v FC Barcelona - La Liga
SD Eibar SAD v FC Barcelona - La Liga

Poor: Sergi Roberto

FC Barcelona v Sevilla FC - La Liga
FC Barcelona v Sevilla FC - La Liga

Sergi Roberto was almost invisible on the night for Barcelona. He looked completely out of sorts in the first half, with most of Eibar's attacks stemming from his flank.

Roberto was also careless in possession, as evidenced by his passing accuracy of just over 70%.

He also picked up a knee injury and was withdrawn at half time, the speedy Nelson Semedo replacing hi.

Impressed: Lionel Messi

SD Eibar SAD v FC Barcelona - La Liga
SD Eibar SAD v FC Barcelona - La Liga

Lionel Messi started off rather abjectly but grew into the game as it progressed.

Messi squandered a wonderful chance to double Barcelona's lead in the first half, as he was thwarted in his attempt to round the Eibar keeper. However, he more than made amends for that miss in the second half. He began by setting up Luis Suarez with a delightful ball in behind the Eibar defence, but the Uruguayan's strike was ruled out for offside.

Messi then took matters into his own hands, latching onto a delicate flick from Antoine Griezmann before firing the ball into the bottom corner to hand Barca a 2-0 lead and ease some of the nerves that were building. The goal, which was Messi's second of the season so far, also took the Argentine maestro's tally to 16 goals in 10 games against Eibar.

His selflessness then came to the fore during Barcelona's third goal. Set free courtesy a sumptuous pass from Griezmann, Messi charged towards goal but opted to square it to Luis Suarez who tapped into an empty net.

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