After scoring a hat-trick in midweek Lionel Messi was at it again, this time with a brace against Valencia. His 19th in 21 games against them.
The little Argentine opened the scoring at the Mestalla when he drilled a low shot past Diego Alves in the 22 minute, although the was a shout for offside against Lius Surez who jumped out of the way from Messi strike.
Andre Iniesta had to leave the pitch in a strecher after a strong challenge from Enzo Perez in the 14 minutes. The player appeared to have won the ball but Iniesta was clearly in pain.
Valencia got back into the game after the break with two gols in the space of four minutes with a fine goal from Munir el Haddadi who is on loan from Barcelona and another from Rodrigo to put the host in front.
Luis Suarez draw the match level when he smashed a left-footed effort past the goal keeper who had done well to deny Ivan Rakitic's header.
Messi made sure of the three points from the penalty spot after Luis Suarez was brought down by Aymen Abdennour.
Ugly scenes followed as missiles and bottles were thrown at the Barca players hitting both Neymar and Suarez.
The victory move Barca top of La Liga with both Atletico and Real Madrid yet to play.
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