Summary Barcelona came from a goal down to beat Granada 2-1 in the Spanish league.
Lionel Messi scored his 300th and 301st career goals for Barcelona and extended his record-scoring run to 14 league games in a 2-1 comeback win at Granada on Saturday, four days before its Champion League last-16 match at AC Milan.
Messi pounced on a rebound of Cesc Fabregas strike five minutes after halftime to cancel out Odion Ighalo s opener that had come against the flow of play in the 26th.
The Argentina star then claimed the victory in the 73rd with a brilliantly struck free kick to record his 17th multi-goal game of the season and take his league-leading goal tally to 37 goals.
Despite the result, Granada confirmed its revival under new coach Lucas Alcaraz, which included a win over Real Madrid two rounds ago. But even the minnow s best efforts weren t enough against Barcelona s all-time leading scorer who again proved impossible to stop.
It was Barcelona s first win in three away matches before it heads to San Siro on Wednesday.
Barcelona stayed on course to reclaim the league title with its 21st win in 24 rounds. It leads Atletico Madrid by 15 points and Madrid by 19 before their games on Sunday.
Earlier, Malaga edged out Athletic Bilbao 1-0 thanks to Javier Saviola s first-half goal and Willy Caballero s sound goalkeeping ahead of its Champions League game at Porto.
Saviola scooped Lucas Piazon s low cross into the net to score what proved to be the winner at La Rosaleda Stadium in the 18th.
Bilbao carried the initiative the rest of the way, but Caballero made various stops, including back-to-back saves of tries by Ibai Gomez and Aritz Aduriz in the 34th.
Malaga, which visits Portuguese champion Porto on Tuesday, pulled to within four points of third-place Madrid with its first victory in four home games.
