Sevilla 2-2 Barcelona: 5 Talking Points

#3 Leo Messi: Doesn't need to start

Lionel Messi has enjoyed playing against the side from Seville.

Lionel Messi makes headlines even when he isn't involved in the game. He makes it for not making the starting eleven. And if you ever doubted why he does make the headlines, we're certain that the final two minutes of the game have helped in rightly dispatching those nonsensical queries of yours.

The Argentine came off the bench in the 58th minute after Sevilla had run his side ragged and scored two. Instantly, it seemed like Messi had managed to breathe life back into Barcelona and they came close on a couple of occasions right after his entry.

Sevilla managed to stifle the magician for most of the remaining minutes until he whipped in the ball from a corner which Suarez put into the back of the net and then scored almost an identical goal to the one he scored against Real Madrid to win it 2-3 at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Outrageous effort. Unerring accuracy.

Messi's work on the night was done and so were Sevilla's hopes of beating the champions-elect of Spain.