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Lionel Messi struck his 500th Barcelona objective with the last kick of the diversion to expose the La Liga title race with an exciting 3-2 win at Real Madrid on Sunday.
Messi had broken a three-year goalless dry spell against Madrid to counteract Casemiro's opener for Madrid in the main half.
Ivan Rakitic's dazzling strike and a red card for Madrid commander Sergio Ramos for slashing down Messi 13 minutes from time put Barca on course for triumph before James Rodriguez fell off the seat to level four minutes from time.
In any case, fittingly, Messi had the last say with a splendid complete profound into stoppage time to lift Barcelona's expectations of a third straight La Liga title.
Straight from dumping Bayern Munich out the Champions League in a 4-2 thriller after additional time in midweek, Madrid had begun unhesitatingly in another short of breath experience at the Bernabeu.
Cristiano Ronaldo had solid interests for a punishment postponed away inside two minutes after he seemed to have been cut by Samuel Umtiti.
Barca developed gradually into the diversion and had their first enormous shot when Luis Suarez dragged wide Jordi Alba's fine reduced from the edge of the container 11 minutes in.
Not long after Messi was left amazed and bloodied in the wake of being gotten by a stray elbow from Marcelo.
The Argentine was still around Ronaldo bored another fine exertion towards objective that Marc-Andre ter Stegen did well to repel to security.
Obviously given both Madrid's intensity and Barca's failure to shield set-pieces, the opener landed from a dead ball.
Marcelo grabbed the free ball from a corner and when Sergio Ramos volleyed his cross against the post, Casemiro was close by to take advantage of an unguarded net.
The lead kept going only five minutes, however, as with a cloth as yet cleaning the blood from his cheek, Messi moved past Dani Carvajal and Nacho to flame home his first objective against Madrid for a long time.
Ter Stegen was called enthusiastically again to avert Real promptly retaking the lead as he traveled to one side to spare from Luka Modric's long-run exertion.
Be that as it may, Barca finished the half feeling hard done by when arbitrator Alejandro Jose Hernandez didn't indicate Casemiro a moment yellow card for overturning Messi as he drove a promising counter-assault.
Madrid were uncontrolled toward the begin of the second time frame, however were met with a mass of resistence in Ter Stegen.
The German jumped low to one side to turn universal partner Toni Kroos' exertion behind before redirecting Karim Benzema's goalbound header to security with his outstretched foot.
Nonetheless, Keylor Navas was additionally occupied at the flip side as he acted the hero on three events.
Right off the bat, he got a foot to Paco Alcacer's pushed exertion before pulling off gymnastic recoveries to deny Gerard Pique and Suarez.
Ronaldo then missed a blame edged opportunity to return Madrid in front as he some way or another turned the ball over from point-clear range after unselfish play from Asensio.
There was nothing Navas could do to deny Barca 17 minutes from time when Rakitic focused from 25 yards and penetrated into the top corner.
The match appeared to have swung conclusively to support Barca four minutes after the fact when Ramos scythed down Messi to be demonstrated the 22nd red card of his profession.
Be that as it may, even with 10 men, Madrid revived and leveled when substitute James Rodriguez cleared home Marcelo's cross four minutes from time.
There was still time for one tremendous curve in the title race, however, as Sergi Roberto's lung-blasting run drove a Barca counter-assault to sustain Jordi Alba and his cross was crushed into the corner by Messi.
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