Messi mesmerises for Barcelona as Benzema supplies the Real Madrid goals in absence of Bale and Ronaldo – in pictures

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  Barcelona’s Luis Suarez and Celta Vigo’s Gustavo Cabral in action. Albert Gea / Reuters

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  Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, left, celebrates with teammate Neymar after scoring the opening goal against Celta. Francisco Seco / AP Photo

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  Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, Jordi Alba and Gerard Pique celebrate a goal. Albert Gea / Reuters

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  Barcelona’s Luis Suarez, centre, vies for the ball with Celta’s Sergi Gomez. Francisco Seco / AP Photo

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  Samuel Umtiti of Barcelona celebrates after scoring his team’s fourth goal. Alex Caparros / Getty Images

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  Celta Vigo’s Sergi Gomez, left, duels for the ball with Barcelona’s Gerard Pique. Manu Fernandez / AP Photo

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  Barcelona’s Samuel Umtiti scores a goal against Celta’s goalkeeper Sergio Alvarez. Albert Gea / Reuters

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  Barcelona’s Brazilian forward Neymar in action against Sergi Gomez of Celta Vigo. Alejandro Garcia / EPA

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  Barcelona’s Ivan Rakitic celebrates after scoring his team’s third goal. Dan Istitene / Getty Images

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  Real Madrid’s Mariano Diez Mejia, centre, heads the ball during the Spanish Primera Liga match against Eibar, at Ipurua Stadium, in Eibar, northern Spain, Saturday, March 4, 2017. Real Madrid won the match 4-1. Alvaro Barrientos / AP Photo

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  Real Madrid’s Nacho Fernandez, right, speaks with Eibar’s Ivan Ramis, left. Alvaro Barrientos / AP Photo

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  Real Madrid’s Mariano Diez Mejia, centre, duels for the ball with Eibar’s Mauro dos Santos. Alvaro Barrientos / AP Photo

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  Real Madrid’s Luka Modric, left duels for the ball with Eibar’s Ivan Ramis. Alvaro Barrientos / AP Photo

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  Eibar forward Sergi Enrich, left, vies with Real Madrid’s defender Sergio Ramos. Ander Gillena / AFP

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  Eibar’s ergi Enrich fights for the ball with Real Madrid’s Portuguese defender Pepe, left. Juan Herrero / EPA

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  Eibar’s Ander Capa fights for the ball with Real Madrid’s French striker Karim Benzema. Javier Etxezarreta / EPA

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  Eibar’s Cristian Rivera in action with Real Madrid’s Mateo Kovacic. Vincent West / Reuters

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  Eibar’s Christian Rivera, centre, vies with Real Madrid’s Croatian midfielder Mateo Kovacic. Ander Gillena / AFP

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  Real Madrid’s James Rodriguez, second right, celebrates after scoring his team’s third goal. Alvaro Barrientos / AP Photo

Ivan Rakitic believes “a miracle” is possible when Barcelona attempt to overturn a 4-0 first-leg deficit against Paris Saint-Germain in their Uefa Champions League last-16 tie on Wednesday.

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