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		</div><p>Lionel Messi made it 51 goals for the season as Barcelona turned up the heat on Real Madrid with a thumping 4-1 home win over Villarreal in LaLiga. </p>
<p>Messi created the opening goal for Neymar and netted himself with a deflected strike and a late penalty as Barcelona moved three points clear of Real at the top of the table.<br />
The capital club, though, have two games in hand, the first at relegated Granada tonight.</p>
<p>Messi&#8217;s first cancelled out Cedric Bakambu&#8217;s equaliser, while his second rounded off the scoring, with Luis Suarez having given the hosts a two-goal cushion. Luis Enrique&#8217;s side went into the Nou Camp clash in awesome scoring form, with 13 goals in their last three games.</p>
<p>And they went in front in the 21st minute when Messi&#8217;s shot from the left of the area was deflected into Neymar&#8217;s path and the Brazilian took a touch before stabbing the ball calmly past goalkeeper Andres Fernandez.</p>
<p>But Barcelona looked anything but solid at the back and they conceded 11 minutes later.<br />
A simple through-ball cut the defence wide open and Bakambu raced clear, leaving Gerard Pique in his wake before beating Marc-Andre ter Stegen at his near post.</p>
<p>Messi made it 2-1 on the stroke of half-time, bursting inside from the right and seeing his low shot from the edge of the area deflected into the right corner, past the wrong-footed Fernandez. It was the Argentinian&#8217;s 50th goal in all competitions this season, the fifth time in his career he has achieved the feat.</p>
<p>And Luis Suarez sealed the three points with a breakaway goal in the 69th minute, tricking his way past his man on the right of the area and rifling a low shot into the far corner.Messi added a fourth in the 82nd minute with an impudent Panenka penalty.</p>
<p>Saul Niguez&#8217;s strike ensured third-place Atletico Madrid beat Eibar 1-0 at the Vicente Calderon to edge closer to Champions League group stage qualification. Niguez struck 20 minutes from time when he latched onto a ball from Diego Godin and drilled home a left-footed shot from the edge of the box.</p>
<p>Godin was then sent off in stoppage time after picking up two yellow cards in the space of two minutes.<br />
But the win sent Atletico five points clear of fourth-placed Sevilla with only six left to play for. Sporting Gijon gave their survival hopes a major boost with a 1-0 win over Las Palmas at El Molinon.<br />
Carlos Carmona gave them a first victory in eight that moved them within three points of 17th-placed Leganes.</p>
<p>Carmona outmuscled defender Pedro Bigas and put his shot into the corner of the net past Javier Varas Herrera from 12 yards.</p>
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