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Published 11:05 25 Apr 2017 BST
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It was also a brilliant goal, which began with a surging run forward from Sergi Roberto.
The Barcelona full-back collected the ball on the edge of his own penalty area, ran past Marcelo, who was, of course, miles out of position, and ran unopposed into Madrid's half before passing to Andre Gomes.
Gomes passed to Jordi Alba, who cut it back to Messi, who won the game.
https://twitter.com/jesselam1/status/856313543141937152
Considering they had 10 players, after Sergio Ramos had been sent off for a ridiculous two-footed lunge on Messi, and the 2-2 scoreline suited Madrid, Barcelona shouldn't have found themselves in a five on three situation in the last minute of the game.
They will also be extremely annoyed that they allowed Sergi Roberto to run over 50 yards with the ball. Ronaldo certainly was.
According to Spanish media outlet AS, the Madrid forward shouted:
"You should have fouled him."Ronaldo was referring to Sergi Roberto, and was seemingly angry with Marcelo, who was the closest player to the Barca full-back. Marcelo reportedly took the blame for Messi's goal following the game. You can see how furious Ronaldo was here: https://twitter.com/rob_gms/status/856752224642506752
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