Barcelona’s Lionel Messi scored twice in a 3-0 win over Las Palmas in a match played without

fans following clashes between police and voters in Catalonia over a disputed independence
referendum. League leaders Barcelona tried to have the game postponed, local media reported
but their request was turned down by La Liga and the club announced 25 minutes before
kickoff that the game would be played behind closed doors. Spanish riot police on Sunday burst
into polling stations across Catalonia , to try to halt the banned referendum on a split from
Spain and Catalan officials said 337 people were injured in the crackdown. Sergio Busquets
scored for the first time in the league in three seasons to give Barca the lead in the 49 th minute,
leaping to head in a curling corner from Messi.