Espanyol 0-1 Barcelona: Messi keep the flame of title race burning

Messi has helped kept the flame of Barca's chance of fighting La Liga burning.

The home side lost to Barcelona on a penalty which was a foul from Javi López and the penalty was played by lionel Messi. The ball carefully found the net at 77 minutes.

Things got even worse for the home side as goalkeeper Kiko Casilla rushed from his goal, and his penalty area, to deny Messi with a handball and was subsequently sent off.