Villarreal 1 Barcelona 1: Messi rescues point with late free-kick

Following their Copa del Rey defeat to Athletic Bilbao, Barcelona were held to a 1-1 LaLiga draw by Villarreal.

Lionel Messi rescued a point for Barcelona with a late free-kick in a 1-1 draw at Villarreal on Sunday, although the Catalans' failure to win dealt their pursuit of LaLiga leaders Real Madrid a further blow.

Premier League: Pogba - I'm the most expensive player, but I'm no way near the best

Sambou Tati, que comandou o jogador mais caro do mundo no passado, não se surpreende com o sucesso do francês

Paul Pogba believes Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Eden Hazard, Neymar and Luis Suarez are the most likely candidates to break the dominance of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo on football's top individual prizes.

Either Messi or Ronaldo has claimed the last nine Ballons d'Or while both are up for the newly-created FIFA Best award, announced on Monday, after stellar years in 2016.

The day Cristiano Ronaldo almost joined Messi at FC Barcelona

Nearly team mates: Ronaldo and Messi

As if Barcelona’s ‘Holy Trinity’ of Messi, Suarez and Neymar wasn’t scary enough, Cristiano Ronaldo has also claimed he would have loved the chance of playing with Leo Messi.