Two minutes added on here. Dembele gets the ball at the edge of the area, jinks from one way to the other about eight times, and carries it 30 yards backwards in the process.
90'
Mendez' corner from the right is straight down Ter Stegen's throat, and he makes an easy catch.
88'
Sergio Busquets gets yellow.
Busquets gets a yellow card for dangling a leg and tripping Mendez by the right corner of the penalty area. Made absolutely no attempt to go for the ball. Couldn't be bothered. Trademark.
87'
Barca were already looking good for the points they needed to go back to the top of the table, but every goal matters. If it stays at 4-1, they'll be ahead of Madrid by just two goals.
85'
Sergio Busquets has scored a goal for Barcelona!
GOAL! 4-1 Barca, an unexpected banger from Busquets! Dembele holds the ball up on the left before crossing towards the back post. The cross is headed away by Junca but only as far as Busquets at the edge of the area, and the midfielder takes a touch before slapping it into the bottom-left corner.
83'
Fernandez gets in behind courtesy of being about two yards offside, but nevertheless he makes the questionable decision of running slowly towards Ter Stegen and then gently kicking the ball at him. Underwhelming.
82'
Barca's Suarez steps to the right and fires towards the bottom-left corner from range, but he doesn't catch the shot right and drags it wide.
81'
G. Fernández enters the game and replaces Pape Cheikh.
Final change for Celta, as the influential Cheikh is replaced by Fernandez.
Celta's Suarez makes a good run through the centre of midfield, but his attempted threaded pass towards Mendez is cut out by Umtiti.
79'
Mallo makes a good sliding challenge to prevent Firpo getting in down the left, but then collapses in pain immediately afterwards. He got a knock to the ankle as he made the tackle, but he's fine to carry on after a moment.
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76'
Denis Suárez enters the game and replaces S. Lobotka.
Barca get a free-kick out on the right flank, which Messi takes quickly and short to Roberto who carries it down the right before floating a cross onto the roof of the net.
Suarez number two comes on for Lobotka.
75'
Messi looks to flick the ball around the corner for the advancing Suarez at the edge of the area, but it's cut out. Barca keep the ball, as they seem to have done for the last 20 minutes.
73'
L. Suárez enters the game and replaces A. Griezmann.
Griezmann's work for the night is done, as he's replaced by Suarez.
Dembele puts in a low cross in between the line of the six-yard box and the penalty spot from the right, but Messi can't quite stretch a foot out to it.
72'
Barca are howling for a penalty after a robust challenge from Lobotka on Messi, but the referee isn't interested. He had exchanged passes with Griezmann at the edge of the area - the Frenchman has been much more involved since the hour mark.
70'
Mallo drops to his knees by the right corner flag as he looks to find a way around Firpo, but there's no foul given and he has a little shout at the referee. That doesn't change his mind, though.
68'
Celta started the second half really well, but their challenge is waning now. They haven't managed to string any number of passes together for a while now, and most of the play is happening in their half.
66'
Arthur looks to fizz a pass in behind the line of defence, but no Barca attacker reads his intentions and it dribbles out for a goal kick.
64'
Brais Méndez enters the game and replaces P. Sisto.
Celta make a change, as Mendez comes on for Sisto.
63'
De Jong and Messi combine to find Griezmann in some space down the right. He's switched sides with Dembele and he passes to his France team-mate over on the other flank, but he's tackled inside the area. Barca looking a bit more fluid in attack now.
60'
Dembele carries the ball down the right before coming infield and looking for Messi with a dinked pass into the area. He shields it from Aidoo and exchanges passes with Griezmann, but Barca can't find a way through and they recycle possession back into midfield.
58'
After a good spell from Celta, Barca are just looking to take the sting out of things. That means holding onto the ball and little niggly fouls, so it's not a great watch.
55'
Sisto gets in behind down the left, but he has no support and Umtiti and Pique force him out to a difficult angle. In the end, he fires a powerful low shot towards goal but Ter Stegen makes an easy save thanks to his defenders' good work.
54'
Firpo pulls a low cross back from the left byline, but Aidoo gets a touch on it and it deflects out of reach of the waiting Barca forwards.
53'
Aspas sets Mallo free in space down the right and his cross deflects up into the air, but it just won't drop for a Celta player. The ball then comes back in towards Beltran who diverts it toward the top-left corner, but Ter Stegen springs up to make a decent save. Celta are having a go.
52'
Sergi Roberto gets yellow.
Roberto is booked for a late challenge.
Beltran feeds Sisto to the right, and the winger carries the ball to the edge of the area before shooting right-footed toward the near bottom corner. It almost looks like it's wrong-footed Ter Stegen, but he makes a simple low save in the end.
51'
Ter Stegen races off his line to clear as Sisto looks to have gotten in behind, but he was offside from Aspas' pass.
48'
L. Messi has scored a goal for Barcelona!
GOOOOAALLL! WHAT IS ANYBODY SUPPOSED TO DO?! 3-1 BARCA, MESSI HAT-TRICK! Barca get a free-kick just outside the area and Messi curls it inside the right post. Blanco knows exactly what he's going to do and he can't get near it. This is just ridiculous. Somebody stop him.
47'
Uh-oh. De Jong is fouled by Cheikh, and Barca have a free-kick just outside the area.
46'
O. Dembélé enters the game and replaces Ansu Fati.
45' +3
HALF-TIME: BARCELONA 2-1 CELTA VIGO
45' +1
L. Messi has scored a goal for Barcelona!
GOOOOAAAAL! 2-1 BARCA! Messi bends the free-kick into the top corner, because of course he does! It might as well have been a penalty. 25 yards out, slightly to the right of centre, left foot, top-right corner. Honestly, it's just stupid how good he is at those.
45'
Fran Beltrán gets yellow.
Beltran is booked for pulling Arthur back by the shirt as he looked to burrow into the Celta defence through the centre. The Brazilian has been pretty busy whenever he's had the ball.
Valverde shuffles his pack at the break. Dembele comes on for Fati.
Barca get us back underway, and we're off and running for the second half. Fati was pretty quiet in the first half, so maybe the introduction of Dembele will spice things up a bit.
44'
You'd probably say 1-1 would be fair enough at half-time. Celta haven't done a great deal, but neither had Barca and neither side especially deserved to go in ahead. Maybe 0-0 would be fairer.
42'
L. Olaza has scored a goal for Celta Vigo!
GOOOAAALLL!! 1-1! What a strike from Olaza! The free-kick is to the right of centre, eight yards or so outside the penalty area, and the left-back steps up to bend a brilliant left-footed strike into the bottom-right corner.
40'
L. Messi gets yellow.
Yellow card for Messi. He tracks back as Cheikh drives at the Barca defence, and trips him at the edge of the area. He did get a touch to the ball, but a foul is probably a fair call - and it's a good shooting position for the Celta free-kick.
39'
Messi drifts infield from the right, apparently looking for a shooting position and drawing three defenders towards him as he does. Instead, he slips a pass through to Fati who has escaped attention, and the youngster pulls off a brilliant turn with his first touch - but there's a defender waiting for him on the other side of it.
36'
Araujo looks to find Junca in behind with a raking cross-field pass, but the winger has strayed offside. The ball flies beyond his reach anyway.
35'
Aspas goes down under pressure from Umtiti, just inside the Celta half. They play the ball around a bit before a pass goes astray down the left, and Olaza can't keep it in.
32'
The ball comes to Messi in a central position 25 yards out, and he immediately looks to bend a shot toward goal. It's well struck, but too close to Blanco and the Celta keeper catches the ball at the second attempt.
30'
Fati knocks a pass through to Griezmann at the edgte of the area. He then either looks to return the pass or shoots - I'm not sure which - but it bounces about six yards wide of goal and out for a goal kick. He appeals for a corner, which he doesn't get.
29'
Fati looks to take on Mallo inside the penalty area, but he loses his balance and very gradually falls over.
28'
Watching Real Madrid tonight was like listening to a really catchy pop song - it was fun, there was an ebb and flow to the match, and I'm still thinking about it two hours later. While they might now be ahead, this has been an elevator music performance from Barca. By which I mean it hasn't been very good, but you could probably quite happily get to sleep if it was on in your living room.
26'
Aspas takes the free-kick, but it isn't a very convincing effort and it bounces wide to the right of goal. Ter Stegen then gets a bit of a telling off from the referee for time-wasting from the goal kick.
25'
S. Umtiti gets yellow.
Umtiti gets the first yellow card of the match for a late challenge on Cheikh. The free-kick will be taken just outside the penalty area, to the right of centre - pretty much in line with the edge of the D.
24'
Roberto has moved back into the right-back position with Semedo off, and Busquets has joined De Jong and Arthur in midfield.
23'
Sergio Busquets enters the game and replaces Nélson Semedo.
Penalty goal scored by L. Messi for Barcelona!
Semedo has gone off, presumably with an injury, replaced by Busquets.
GOAL! 1-0 Barca, Messi scores from the spot! He jogs up and strokes the spot-kick left-footed into the bottom-left corner. Blanco falls the other way. It isn't exactly deserved, but Barca lead.
18'
Roberto is tackled on the left, some 40 yards from the Celta goal. He wants a free-kick, but nothing is given. Barca are struggling to break down the Celta lines here - maybe they should just give it to Messi and see what happens?
16'
Roberto is pressured well by Cheikh inside his own area, and the ball cannons back toward Ter Stegen. The goalkeeper looks to have the situation under control, but Cheikh is pulled back for a foul after going through the back of Roberto anyway.
14'
De Jong shows an excellent touch in a crowded midfield, but Barca struggle to find their way through a packed Celta defence which is looking like a five at the back when they're off the ball. It eventually breaks for Messi to have a snapshot at the edge of the area after an exchange with Roberto. He hits it left-footed toward the bottom-left corner, but Blanco gets down to make the save.
13'
Celta win a free-kick by the left touchline, about halfway inside the Barca half. Sisto delivers a curling cross in towards the back post, but overhits it and it bounces through to Ter Stegen for a simple catch.
12'
Barca get away with one as Aspas gets his pass to Sisto wrong, and the winger slips onto his backside. If they could have held onto the ball there, the two of them had a real chance to make something out of it.
11'
Messi looks to the run of Firpo in behind down the left, but Aidoo is there again to mop up the danger.
10'
No great excitement to shout about in the first ten minutes, with both sides just feeling each other out. Celta have probably just about shaded it. Not that any Barca fans will want to hear this, but Real Madrid were a lot more exciting than this in their game earlier today.
9'
Cheikh's pass back towards Araujo on the halfway line is chased down by Griezmann, but the ball just makes its way back to the Celta defender before he can seize on it.
8'
Sisto looks to show some trickery to the left of the penalty area, but Semedo marshals him well and wins the ball back with a clean tackle.
7'
Griezmann looks to have released Fati in behind with a measured pass down the left channel, but Aidoo reads the play well and has the pace to get to the ball first. He shepherds the ball out for a goal kick.
6'
Mallo gets another crossing opportunity, this time after a nice ball out to him from Sisto. Firpo gets across to block the cross, but Celta retain possession.
5'
Aspas releases Lobotka in the centre of midfield, and Celta have a four-on-four break. The move eventually peters out as Mallo dithers on the right, and his cross is easily dealt with by Pique.
4'
Messi is pressured well by Lobotka in the Barca half, but he keeps hold of possession with a simple pass out to Semedo.
3'
Fati goes down just inside the Celta half under a challenge from Cheikh, but there's no foul and Celta come forward down the right. The move eventually breaks down, but both sides are struggling to hold onto possession early on.
2'
Barca almost play their way into trouble early on with a floated pass out to Semedo putting the right-back under pressure, but he gets the ball away from Junca and wins a free-kick from the Celta winger.
1'
We're off! Celta get us underway.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of this La Liga clash, as Ernesto Valverde’s stuttering Barcelona host Celta Vigo in Oscar Garcia’s first match in charge.
Barca and Valverde are in crisis, which is to say they started the weekend top of La Liga on goal difference alone. They have catching up to do now, though, as Real Madrid have just swatted Eibar aside 4-0. Celta, meanwhile, have real problems – they're two points adrift of safety in 18th, and sacked former manager Fran Escriba earlier in the week.
BARCELONA (4-3-3): Marc-Andre ter Stegen; Junior Firpo, Samuel Umtiti, Gerard Pique, Nelson Semedo; Arthur, Frenkie de Jong, Sergi Roberto; Ansu Fati, Antoine Griezmann, Lionel Messi.
SUBS: Sergio Busquets, Arturo Vidal, Neto, Ousmane Dembele, Luis Suarez, Ivan Rakitic, Clement Lenglet.
CELTA VIGO (4-3-3): Ruben Blanco; Lucas Olaza, Nesto Araujo, Joseph Aidoo, Hugo Mallo; Fran Beltran, Pape Cheikh, Stanislav Lobotka; David Junca, Iago Aspas, Pione Sisto.
SUBS: Sergio Alvarez, Brais Mandez, Jorge Saenz, Gabriel Fernandez, Okay Yokuslu, Denis Suarez, David Costas.
The teams are on their way out, the Camp Nou is set, and we’re just a few moments away from kick-off.
Barca have already had to make one change with Semedo heading off injured, but with Suarez, Rakitic and Dembele all on the bench, they've got options. Celta would have been happy enough with their performance, but they still have plenty of room for improvement. If they can step up, there are still points to be won here.
The win will take a certain amount of pressure off Valverde, but his side were nowhere near what Barca's fans want them to be. Celta wouldn't have been expecting to take any points from this, but another defeat deepens the severity of their situation nonetheless. They're bang in the middle of a relegation scrap.
That's it from Camp Nou tonight. Hope you've enjoyed following along, wherever you are in the world. Buenas noches!
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