Valverde pleased to lend a hand Messi busy after Leganes hat-trick

Ernesto Valverde revelled in having hat-trick hero Lionel Messi at his dispoal from the initiate in Barcelona’s three-1 take over Leganes.

The Argentina forward suffered a muscular grief while away on world accountability at the tip of March, forcing him to miss the friendlies against Italy and Spain.

Messi came off the bench to spare his facet from defeat against Sevilla closing weekend, serving to his facet rally from a two-purpose deficit to engage a diagram, and played the pudgy ninety minutes within the midweek Champions League take over Roma.

Valverde made up our minds against resting his critical particular person player for the LaLiga conflict with Leganes on Saturday – and watched on as the club’s all-time main scorer bagged a treble.

« We judge he’s stunning and scoring targets repeatedly helps the entirety, » Valverde acknowledged of Messi’s properly being after the game at Camp Nou.

« He must be stuffed with life, but he’s stunning. »

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Valverde also singled out Ousmane Dembele for special praise, believing the Frenchman is now not most productive making a incompatibility offensively but additionally increasing an appreciation for his defensive tasks.

« I liked the manner he attacked in that game, » he acknowledged. « I also loved the fact that he has pressed the ball so important after dropping it.

« He has turn into inquisitive about that facet, which is the build apart I judge he has extra room for development.

« We know he has the talent, but he has to work at the replacement things. »

Barca’s victory over Leganes saw them equal Exact Sociedad’s recount of 38 prime-flight Spanish fits without defeat, a speed that stretches help to April 2017.