(Video) Real Madrid 2-3 Barcelona: Sergio Ramos tries to mame Lionel Messi, who responds by scoring goal no.500

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Lionel Messi scored the 500th goal of his Barcelona career on Sunday night to send his side top of La Liga thanks to a last-gasp 3-2 win over rivals Real Madrid.

Messi, who had earlier netted a fine individual equaliser to cancel out Casemiro’s opener, struck in the 93rd minute to silence the Bernabeu.

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Barca and Real are now level on points, but Messi and co are top courtesy of their superior head-to-head record.

However, Real have six games left to play, while Barca only have five fixtures remaining.

Real will be disappointed to lose after they had fought back from 2-1 down with just 10 men.

Ivan Rakitic put Barca in front for the first time on the night after 77 minutes, moments before Sergio Ramos was shown a straight red card for a two-footed lunge on Messi.

Nine minutes after losing Ramos, James Rodriguez levelled the score and Real tried to hang on for a valuable point.

They fell agonisingly short, however, as Messi popped up in stoppage time to score one of the biggest goals of his incredible life.

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