Messi appeared to struggle in Barcelona's 2-0 defeat to Real Madrid on Sunday night. This picture may say something...
According to the television footage, Messi's heat map in El Clasico was not at all like that of a striker, but more like that of a B2B midfielder. In fact, he did not touch the ball much in the penalty area during the whole game.
This may indicate that the Barca ace got too little support from his midfield mates?
Any thoughts on this question?