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Barcelona 4-2 Sevilla LIVE: Lionel Messi injury latest as Barca go top of La Liga - as it happened

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Barcelona 4-2 Sevilla
La Liga 2018/19
Venue: Camp Nou
Date: Saturday, 20 October
Kick-off time: 7:45pm BST

Lionel Messi was forced off midway through the first half in Barcelona's 4-2 victory over Sevilla at the Nou Camp, making the Argentinian a major doubt for next weekend's El Clasico.

Barcelona ended a run of four domestic games without a win as Philippe Coutinho, Messi, Luis Suarez and Ivan Rakitic found the net, with Pablo Sarabia's deflected strike giving them something to think about late on before Luis Muriel's stoppage-time consolation goal.

Messi had set up the opener before doubling the score, but his evening took a sudden turn for the worse in the 23rd minute when he fell awkwardly under an innocuous challenge from Franco Vazquez.

The medical staff applied heavy strapping to Messi's right arm but very soon he was replaced by Ousmane Dembele to give Barcelona a huge injury concern a week before next weekend's clash against Real Madrid.

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