Football: Messi, Suarez finish off cellar dwellers Osasuna to get Barca back on track
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Lionel Messi scored two goals as Barcelona saw off struggling Osasuna 3-0 for their first win in four games.
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BARCELONA (REUTERS) - Barcelona put pressure on La Liga leaders Real Madrid by picking up their first win in four games, as two second-half strikes from Lionel Messi and one from Luis Suarez secured a 3-0 win at struggling Osasuna on Saturday.
The champions missed a slew of chances in a dominant first-half display but their class eventually shone through, when Suarez tapped Jordi Alba's cutback into an empty net in the 52nd minute to break the deadlock.
Messi sealed the points in the 72nd by finishing off another pass from Alba and in stoppage time, the Argentinian wizard toyed with the Osasuna defence to grab the third and move ahead of Suarez and Cristiano Ronaldo as the league's top scorer with 11 goals.
Barca are second in the standings and provisionally moved three points behind Real, who host Deportivo La Coruna later on Saturday, hoping to set a club record of 35 games unbeaten in all competitions.
