Messi has scored at least 40 goals in each of his last 10 seasons for Barcelona. What a weekend of football, eh? The return of club football coincided with the real Lionel Messi standing up as the little Argentine inspired Barcelona to a 2-0 win over Espanyol with a brace, maintaining a 10-point gap at the top of the table. Zinedine Zidane's Real Madrid were almost embarrassed by bottom-placed Huesca, but an 89th-minute Karim Benzema goal saw them pinch it 3-2. Liverpool opened up a two-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a last-gasp 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur. Manchester City, though, do have a game in hand (Cardiff City, late on Wednesday). Manchester United celebrated...
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