Lionel Messi on target as Barcelona defeat Alaves 2-0 in La Liga

- Barcelona on Saturday, August 26, 2017 defeated Alaves 2-0 in a La Liga match

- Argentinian superstar Lionel Messi scored the two goals for Barcelona

- He should have netted thrice in the match, but missed a penalty

Argentinian superstar Lionel Messi was on Saturday, August 26, 2017 in the best form of his life as he scored the two goals that helped Barcelona record a 2-0 win over Alaves.

The hosts failed to provide any significant display in front of their faithfuls as they were taught a good football lesson by Barcelona.

Barcelona should have opened the scoring in the 39th minutes when they were given a penalty, but Lionel Messi surprisingly missed the spot-kick.

Lionel Messi on target as Barcelona defeat Alaves 2-0 in La Liga

Messi then redeemed himself in the 55th minutes as he scored the opener dribbling all Alaves' defenders before slotting the ball into the net.

Francisco Alcacer supplied a wonderful pass in the 66th minutes, and Lionel Messi wasted no time to score the second goal for the Catalan giants as the match ended 2-0.

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