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Valladolid 1-3 Barcelona: Blaugrana battle past plucky Pucela

Despite the absence of coach Tito Vilanova, the Catalan giants ensured they headed into the winter break without tasting defeat so far this season despite a late scare Lionel Messi Barcelona made it 16 wins from 17 Liga games this season as they survived a late comeback from Valladolid to come out on top 3-1 at the Jose Zorilla stadium. With Tito Vilanova recovering from surgery, Jordi Roura took charge of first team affairs for the Catalan giants and there was little chance of an upset as the visitors dominated throughout. Xavi opened the scoring in the first half before yet another goal for Lionel Messi on the hour mark. Javi Guerra set up a tense ending with a late strike but Cristian Tello secured all three points with a stoppage-time strike. Roura's temporary reign at the Barca helm almost got off to the perfect start as Dani Alves centred the ball after a great through-ball from Messi. Alexis Sanchez was in plenty of space in the area but despite stre...

Maybe we'll buy Messi, jokes Arsenal boss Wenger

The Gunners chief robustly backed his current crop to the media, justifying recent purchases and threatening to pull an Argentine rabbit out of the hat Arsene Wenger has once again come out in defence of his faltering Arsenal side, while at the same time jokingly threatening to add Barcelona star Lionel Messi to his ranks. The Frenchman answered critics who claimed this is his worst ever team, after the misery of the Gunners' worst ever start to a Premier League season was added to by their humilating exit from the Capital One Cup at the hands of League Two Bradford City. The 62-year-old insisted he actually won more trophies with a group of players who were not as focused as his current crop at the Emirates. Wenger told reporters at his Friday press conference: "I have had groups who had fantastic results who were less serious than these players, believe me. We won trophies with players who were less focused than this team. "Of course these pl...

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Lionel Messi makes Barcelona squad for trip to face Betis

The Argentina international trained with his team-mates on Saturday and his coach has confirmed that he will be in the the squad on Sunday, but he may not play the whole game Tito Vilanova has stated that Lionel Messi has recovered from his injury and will be travelling with the Barcelona team to Betis. The Argentina star picked up a knock midweek after coming on as a substitute against Benfica, and initially was a doubt for the game, but his trainer has insisted that the forward will be fit to play. "If there was even the smallest risk then Messi would not travel with the rest of the team," Vilanova told a press conference. "This means he has recovered and ready to play. However, we will assess his condition tomorrow [Sunday] and then decide whether he can play 90 minutes or not." The Barca coach then went on to highlight how Betis are always a problem side, and also hinted that Alexis Sanchez could be close to returning. He added:...