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La Liga: Barcelona’s poor start continues

La Liga Santander - Granada v FC Barcelona - Nuevo Estadio de Los Carmenes, Granada, Spain - September 21, 2019, Barcelona's Lionel Messi during the match. [Reuters]

Barcelona threw on their stars of the present and the future on Saturday but neither Lionel Messi nor Ansu Fati could save them from a dismal 2-0 defeat away at Granada. 

Messi was still not deemed fit enough to start at Los Carmenes while Fati, the 16-year-old who has lit up LaLiga in recent weeks, also began the game on the bench. 

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