The brutal challenge that upended Messi at Villarreal

  /  autty

Lionel Messi was lucky to come away unscathed after being on the end of a rather nasty challenge during Barcelona's 2-1 win over Villarreal.

Manu Trigueros was shown a straight red card for jumping into a tackle against Messi, raking his studs up the Argentine's legs in the process.

Messi managed to get up from the challenge after appearing to be hurt immediately afterwards. He ended up seeing out the match.

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