BARCELONA forward Lionel Messi allegedly swore at Valencia fans after team-mate Neymar was struck by a bottle.
The ugly scenes came at the end of Barcelona’s last gasp 3-2 win against their La Liga rivals – with Messi himself netting the winner from the penalty spot.
As the Barcelona players celebrated in front of the Valencia fans, admittedly not the best idea, a bottle was thrown that hit Neymar on the head.
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Messi then turned to the crowd and allegedly shouted expletives. The Mirror claim the Argentine striker shouted: "The c*** of your mother, son of a thousand w*****!" translated from Spanish.
Former Liverpool man Luis Suarez also fell to the deck, as the Ultras reacted furiously as the Barca players continued to celebrate with fist pumps.
The penalty came about when deep into stoppage time, Messi played in Suarez and he was clearly taken out from behind by Valencia centre-half Aymen Abdennour.
Messi stroked home his 14th goal of the season to secure a vital three points in the title race.
In the heat of the moment, Messi was even seen blowing a kiss towards the Ultras section of the home support, and when a bottle was thrown, Neymar collapsed to the floor.
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This only seemed to stir Messi up more, and he continued to gesticulate to the crowd, before allegedly uttering the expletives.
After the game, Barca boss Luis Enrique said: "We celebrated as it is normal to celebrate a last-minute winner."
The win was soured somewhat when in the 14th minute Andres Iniesta was carried from the field in tears holding his right knee, which buckled under a heavy challenge from Enzo Perez.
Enrique was furious with referee Alberto Undiano Mallenco as Perez avoided even a yellow card, whilst a series of other fouls on Barca players went unpunished.
Barca confirmed Iniesta suffered lateral collateral ligament damage, but said further tests would be carried out to determine the exact extent of the injury.
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