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PSV 1-2 Barcelona: Lionel Messi scores; Barca qualify as Champions League group winners
LIONEL MESSI scored an outstanding solo effort to help Barcelona qualify as Champions League Group B winners. See how the action unfolded with Express Sport.
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Lionel Messi scored an excellent individual goal and laid on another as Barcelona beat PSV Eindhoven 2-1 to secure top spot in Group B of the Champions League.
Messi provided an assist for defender Gerard Pique to score the second for the Spanish side, who have 13 points from their five matches and an unassailable lead at the top of the pool. PSV will finish bottom.
Captain Luuk de Jong scored a late consolation for the home side as they matched Barcelona for much of the contest at the Philips Stadion, striking the woodwork three times in the first half alone and missing a number of other chances.
PSV XI: Zoet, Dumfries, Schwaab, Viergever, Angelino, Rosario, Hendrix, Lozano, Pereiro, Bergwijn, de Jong.
Subs: Room, Behich, Romero, Malen, Sainsbury, Gutierrez, Junior.
Barcelona XI: ter Stegen, Nelson Semedo, Pique, Lenglet, Jordi Alba, Rakitic, Sergio Busquets, Vidal, Dembele, Messi, Coutinho.
Subs: Pena, Denis Suarez, Malcom, Munir, Alena, Miranda, Brandariz.
Referee: Pavel Kralovec
PSV EINDHOVEN 1-2 BARCELONA | MESSI, PIQUE, DE JONG