Barcelona were comfortable 3-1 winners over Leganes on Sunday.

Ernesto Valverde opted to rest Lionel Messi with a Copa del Rey clash with Sevilla looming midweek but the Argentine inevitably had a role to play in the victory.

After seeing Ousmane Dembele's opener cancelled out by Martin Braithwaite's equaliser, Leo Messi came off the bench and almost immediately scored with a sublime effort from outside the box.

Leganes goalkeeper Ivan Cuellar brilliantly kept out his effort but Luis Suarez was first to the rebound to scramble home, despite complaints from the visitors.

Dembele superbly filled the void left by Messi's first-half absence, tormenting the Leganes defence. But his evening was brought to a premature end and he was subbed off early in the second-half after an awkward fall.