GOAL NO.35 FOR MESSI

(0) K Boyd 54 Att: 49,396

(0) Imrie 49 pen Ogboe 52 Att: 3,586

(0) LIONEL MESSI scored his 35th goal of the season for Barcelona in a comfortable 2-0 win over Athletic Bilbao.

Paco Alcacer struck after only eight minutes before Messi (above) produced a classy finish on the halfhour from Ousmane Dembele’s excellent pass.

Barca remain unbeaten in La Liga, where they have won 23 of 29 games.

Messi – who scored twice against Chelsea in the Champions League last week – now has eight goals in his last six outings.

Barca should have won by more. They hit the woodwork three times in the first half and Messi missed a chance late on.

Sevilla suffered a Champions League hangover after knocking out Manchester United with a shock 2-1 loss at Leganes.

In Italy, Mauro Icardi did a Mo Salah by scoring four times in Inter Milan’s 5-0 win at Sampdoria.

Paris Saint-Germain are closing in on the title in France, Angel di Maria and Dani Alves scoring in a 2-1 defeat of Nice to make it nine Ligue 1 wins in a row.