Messi scores hattrick in thrilling encounter

A first-half hat-trick by Lionel Messi ensured Barcelona maintained their 100% start to he La Liga season with a thrilling 3-2 win over Valencia as Real Madrid also made it three wins from three games on Sunday.
Messi had looked far from his best in Barca’s Super Cup victory over Atletico Madrid in midweek, but looked more like his old self as he put Barca 2-0 up inside 39 minutes and was then brilliantly set up by Neymar to complete his hat-trick.

Valencia were amazingly back in the game by half-time as Helder Postiga struck twice in first-half stoppage time. Meanwhile Sevilla and Malaga played out 2-2 draw.