Sevilla Shame Messi-less Barca

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Barcelona suffered a 2-1 defeat at Sevilla on Saturday in a La Liga match. The Catalan giants were without their mercurial player, Lionel Messi, who is out injured for about eight weeks.

Tenth-placed Sevilla went two goals up in the second half, but Neymar pulled one back for the European Champions from a spot kick.

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Barca now stay 3rd on the Spanish La Liga table with 15 points, a point above Real Madrid, which have a game in hand against their city rival, Atletico Madrid, which sit on the 5th position with 12 points..

Villarreal and Celta Vigo are respectively on the first and second positions with 16 and 15 points.

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In the last La Liga match played on Saturday, Malaga beat Real Sociedad 3-1. Charles Dias scored a hat trick for his club to take them away from the relegation zone.

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