Summary

  • Messi scores last-second winner - his 500th Barca goal - to send them top

  • Barcelona go top on head-to-head with dramatic win

  • Real still have game in hand over Barca

Live Reporting

Emlyn Begley

  1. Barca's season on the line

    Real Madrid v Barcelona (19:45 BST)

    Much like the lads in Lord of the Rings, Barcelona go into enemy territory tonight knowing failure to succeed could have disastrous consequences.

    But rather than trying to dump a magic ring in Mordor, Barca go to Real Madrid knowing a defeat puts them out of the title race - and only a win gives them a fighting chance.

    Lord of the RingsRex Features

    Please, please, please do not get in touch to tell me I got some Lord of the Rings fact wrong