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Luis Suarez opened the scoring against his former club in the 26th minute against a Liverpool side that spurned a couple of good chances to equalize during a strong spell after the halftime break. Messi then quashed the comeback effort when he doubled the lead from a rebound with 15 minutes left and followed that up by making it 600 career goals for Barcelona by curling in a perfectly struck free kick in the 82nd.
Liverpool is trying to reach consecutive Champions League finals after losing last season 3-1 to Real Madrid. But Messi was a force at the other end, causing Liverpool to bend and almost break on several solo runs right through the heart of its defence until it finally gave way in the final minutes. Mane had a great chance to hit right back in the 35th when he raced past Pique and Roberto to chase down a precise long ball from Henderson, only to volley it high.
Seeing his team struggling, Valverde sent on defender Nelson Semedo for Coutinho, who unlike Suarez struggled against his former team.
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