Lionel Messi Shows Off Field Class By Signing Fans Shirt

Lionel Messi is the classiest of all the acts when it comes to pretty much everything he does on the pitch and yesterday the Barcelona star proved why he's also the classiest guy off the pitch too.

You have to wonder if there was anyone left actually surprised when Lionel Messi saved Barcelona from their first La Liga loss of the season against Sevilla on Saturday evening.

The Catalan giants have been running away with the league title, that they lost to Real Madrid last season, all year and they look certain to wrap up yet another trophy as they sit 12 points above Atletico Madrid before Sunday's games.

Messi celebrates his equaliser after coming off the bench. Image: PA Images.

So the big target for Ernesto Valverde's side right now is to do what no Barcelona side has ever done, even Pep Guardiola's all conquering teams, and go the whole league season undefeated.

That looked under pressure when 2-0 down against Sevilla after 50 minutes on Saturday before Messi came on. Luis Suarez grabbed one back in the 88th minute and in typical fashion Messi grabbed the equaliser on 89 minutes.

But even before the game the five time Ballon d'Or winner was proving his class. One young fan was seen running towards the Argentine as he went to get on the team bus, only to be stopped by security. But that didn't stop Messi signing the child's shirt:

Suarez' strike took him level with Cristiano Ronaldo on 22 goals in the race to be La Liga's top scorer this season, and win the Pichichi Trophy, but Messi of course extended his lead with his 26th strike of the Spanish league season.

Barca still have a Champions League quarter final and Copa del Rey final to look forward until the end of the season and have eight games remaining to stay undefeated, their Clasico match against Real Madrid is likely to be their hardest task.

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One man who would have loved seeing Barca struggle against Sevilla yesterday would have been Jose Mourinho. The Manchester United manager came in for lots of criticism for his side losing in the Champions League to the Spaniards, still no excuse though.

As usual it's Messi grabbing the headlines, both on and off the pitch.

Topics: Football News, Barcelona, Lionel Messi, Spain, Fans, La Liga

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