Lionel Messi

With 24 assists between them, Alexander-Arnold and left-back Robertson are pivotal figures in Klopp's game-plan

Portuguese star is narrowly ahead of Lionel Messi, who scored his 598th goal for Barcelona to win the La Liga title

Winning the Champions League would surely appease the doubters, particularly if it amounted to Valverde's own treble

The Argentine star struck his league-leading 34th goal of the campaign to wrap up the league for the Catalans

Messi will join a select group of players to have won 10 league titles with one club

Valverde leaving out his captain, presumably with an eye on next week's Champions League semi-final against Liverpool

Only a matter of time before Messi’s side is crowned Spanish champions for a 26th time

Victory means Catalans have to beat Alaves on Tuesday and then Levante next Saturday to be crowned champions

Dutchman believes a collective effort is required to halt the Argentine who has scored 45 goals this season

The Norwegian admitted his Red Devils side needs a huge overhaul in order to return to Europe’s elite

Argentina star scores brace to push Barca into Champions League semi-finals

Argentine has his 109th and 110th Champions League goals and three extra matches to reduce the gap on Ronaldo's 126

Like Pique, Luis Suarez was also banned while Rakitic, Busquets and Lenglet were among those rested

Valverde made 10 changes to the team that had beaten Red Devils 1-0 in Wednesday’s first leg

90,000 Catalans crammed began to chant “champions” as they sensed in on an eighth domestic title in 11 years

Barcelona forward returns to the national team after the World Cup last year in Russia

The one thing which stood out while meeting Puyol was the Barca legend’s humbleness

Argentine at the start of the season promised to “do everything to bring that beautiful trophy back to the Nou Camp”

The Argentine scored two with a couple of assists as well, making him reach 108 goals in the competition

Catalans stay seven points clear of Atletico in La Liga while both teams turn their attention to Champions League

The Argentine leads the scoring charts in Spain and in Europe’s top five leagues with 25 goals

The Argentine star hit the 30-goal mark for the 11th straight season in the Catalan shirt

The draw makes it three games without a win for La Liga's leaders, whose advantage is still six points

Defending champions are into the last four for the ninth consecutive year after thrashing Machín's side 6-1

The family's calls for the search to recommence were echoed by Lionel Messi and other players

Reigning champions Chile aim for another successful spell as they have been drawn with Uruguay in Group C

Argentine made sure there was no slip-up here as the Catalans kept their tight grip on top spot with a five-point lead

Barcelona’s victory against Eiber send the Valverde’s side five points clear at the top of the table

The win means the Catalans will end the year on top of the table, three points ahead of Atletico Madrid

Five-times Ballon d’Or winner has scored more than 50 goals for eight of the last nine years

Barcelona forward however praises Portuguese’s new club Juventus

Local press reports star forward planning to take rest, not quit national team

Two legends of this era, most likely played their final World Cup games for Argentina and Portugal respectively

Mbappe is the first teenager since Brazilian great Pele in the 1958 final to score two goals in one World Cup match

Did Lionel Messi just reveal one of his secrets in defeating Nigeria to help his team qualify to round of 16?

Last-minute goal from defender Marcos Rojo rescued Sampaoli’s men as they face France in their next fixture

Barcelona legend was silenced by Croatia as Argentina fall to humiliating 3-0 defeat

Striker believes Spain, Brazil, Germany, France, Belgium favourites to win

Catalan’s extend their record unbeaten streak to 41 La Liga matches to seal a seventh title in 10 seasons

Spanish midfielder is expected to move to China at end of season

Catalan giants look to break the record that Real Sociedad set in 1979-80 when they host Valencia next weekend

Argentine scores brace in 3-0 win at Camp Nou to knock out English champions

Catalan giants register 2-1 win to maintain 11-point lead at the top of La Liga

Striker overtakes Barcelona’s Lionel Messi as leading goal scorer 2017 in Europe’s top five leagues on Tuesday

Real Madrid forward also equals Barcelona striker's record of five awards on Thursday

Barcelona striker scores hat-trick as Jorge Sampaoli’s side beat Ecuador 3-1 on Tuesday

Failure to win may mean Messi’s side won’t feature in Russia 2018

Barcelona thrash Los Armeros 6-1 on Wednesday to maintain their 100% start to La Liga campaign

Prosecutors in Barcelona say striker’s 21-month sentence for tax fraud can be replaced with a fine

Barcelona star received 21-month jail sentence and €2.09 million fine