Barcelona ace Leo Messi was delighted with his hat-trick for their 4-2 win at Sevilla.

Speaking specifically about the Sevilla victory, the forward said that he expected it to be as tough as it was.

"It's always difficult to win here," he stated.

"We know what it's like in this stadium and we know the players Sevilla have.

"Things were difficult as we were behind, but we knew how to overcome all that."

Finally, he was asked about the recent poor run of form and about what was different in this match.

"You can't always play at the top level and we went through a run when, to be honest, we didn't play our best football," he said.

"That makes it harder to finish.

"When the play flows then things happen.

"We were ourselves again today and we had a great performance."