The 18 points earned by the number '10'

Barca returned to their good old ways against Celta at Camp Nou. Leo Messi had a great game and made it clear just how much Barcelona depend on his football.

Despite starting the season injured and not playing in the Champions League game against Dortmund, the Argentine's presence has been vital since this point.

Both in Germany and in Granada, the next matches he played, and was benched for the start of them. he showed that he was not yet ready, but in the other nine matches he has offered a scandalous performance.

In all of them, he has scored atleast one goal, got an assist or hit the woodwork. A figure that highlights the brutal subordination of Barcelona's attacking to what its star does.

But, far from virtuosity, Leo has also given Barcelona 18 points, directly with his football. Against Villarreal, he still had a bit of a knock, which meant that he had to be substituted at half time and was replaced by Griezmann, in a game that Barca won 2-1.

A few days later, in the Champions League, his vision of play was again decisive for Barcelona's triumph. This time it was Suarez who he found and the Uruguayan certified the comeback against Inter with a 2-1 win.

Against Sevilla. Leo scored his first goal of the season, although it was 4-0 and the game was already decided, without the Argentine gifting his team-mates the other goals, the result would not have been the same.

The next match was against Eibar and there, Messi, with a goal and assist, once again was important in gaining the three points for the team.In Prague 4 days later, he decided the result again with his early goal, since Barça won by a scarce 1-2.

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With the exception of the goalless draw against Slavia at home (0-0), and the loss away at Levante (3-1), matches in which he fired into the crossbar and scored a penalty but was insufficient to win, Leo was also crucial against Valladolid (two goals and two assists in the 5-1) and in this weekend's match against Celta (4-1 and three goals).

A total of 18 points out of Barcelona's 33 points this campaign have come directly from the Argentinian's actions. More than 50% of the team's production in the competition and some numbers that are stratospheric if those 33 are subtracted by the first seven conquered by the team, when Leo was still injured.

So, it can be said that Messi has generated 18 out of 25 points for Barcelona with his goals and assists this campaign. Numbers that do not include the draws of Dortmund or Camp Nou against Slavia, for not having unbalanced, nor the victory against Sevilla, for being a clash played without his necessary collaboration.