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Deportivo 2-4 Barcelona RECAP: Lionel Messi hat-trick seals 25th La Liga title
BARCELONA play Deportivo in La Liga tonight and you can follow all the action with Express Sport.
Deportivo vs Barcelona kicks off at 7.45pm
Barcelona won La Liga for a 25th time by beating Deportivo 4-2 tonight.
Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick and Philippe Coutinho got the other goal.
Andres Iniesta, just two days after confirming he will leave Barca at the end of the season, started on the bench but came on in the closing stages.
The result also means Deportivo have been relegated.
Relive the match with Express Sport below...
Lionel Messi starts for Barcelona, with Andres Iniesta on the bench
DEPORTIVO 2-4 BARCELONA FT
[kick off 7.45pm]
• Barcelona can win the title and relegate Deportivo
• Lionel Messi starts up front
• Andres Iniesta begins farewell tour on the bench
• Barcelona XI: Ter Stegen; Semedo, Pique, Umtiti, Alba; Dembele, Rakitic, Busquets, Coutinho; Messi, Suarez.
• Philippe Coutinho (8’) puts Barcelona ahead
• Lionel Messi (37’) doubles the lead
• Lucas Perez (40’) pulls a goal back
• Colak (67’) levels it up for Deportivo
• Messi (82') gets his second of the night
• Messi (85') scores to get hat-trick