The new Invincibles? Messi genius takes Blaugrana to brink of La Liga glory woowww the magic producer

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The Blaugrana are 27 games unbeaten now in the Primera Division and moved a step closer to the title thanks to the Argentine's fantastic free-kick

It may be the moment that has won La Liga for Barcelona. Lionel Messi stepped up to fire home from a set piece for the third game in a row and ruin all of Diego Simeone's best-laid defensive plans. There is no stopping the astonishing Argentine – and there may be no way to halt this Blaugrana side, either.

Messi's free-kick was a thing of beauty. The five-time Ballon d'Or winner curled the ball up and over the wall and into Jan Oblak's far-left corner. There was nothing the Slovenian goalkeeper could do.

And even though that may be Messi's favourite spot when it comes to free-kicks, lately his set pieces have been even more unpredictable: against Girona last weekend, he fired one under the wall and into the bottom right corner; at Las Palmas on Thursday he hit the top corner on the same side.