BARCELONA enjoyed another weekend of celebration as Lionel Messi reached another landmark with two more brilliant goals but it was tempered with some bad news on the injury front.

Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola hailed freescoring playmaker Lionel Messi following the Argentinian’s starring role in last night’s Champions League semi-final first leg win over Real Madrid.

A man who allegedly beat his seven-year-old stepdaughter to death in New York described her as a handful and said he disciplined the girl for her “own good” by regularly hitting her and binding her to a chair in a locked room.