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Lionel Messi scored in the second half of Barcelona's 3-0 victory over visiting Eibar to take his all-time La Liga scoring record to 400 goals. Messi, 31, has 575 goals for the club in 658 appearance­s in all competitio­ns. Barcelona held its fivepoint lead over second-place Atletico Madrid . ... Karim Benzema broke a finger during Real Madrid's 2-1 win over host Real Betis . ... Marcus Rashford scored in the 44th minute and goalkeeper David de Gea made 11 saves to lead Manchester United to a 1-0 road win over Tottenham Hotspur, which saw forward and England captain Harry Kane suffer an ankle injury in the match. The victory was the sixth straight for United in all competitio­ns since new manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took over the Premier League club, setting a team record. Sir Matt Busby won his first five matches to start the 1946-47 season . ... ... Argentine great Diego Maradona was released from the Olivos clinic in Buenos Aires following successful surgery for stomach bleeding. The 58-year old former Boca Juniors and Napoli player and current coach of the Mexican second division club Dorados de Sinaloa will recover at home.

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