Bottle-thrower facing lifetime ban from Valencia

Valencia will hand out a lifetime ban when it identifies the fan who hit Barcelona forward Lionel Messi on the head with a plastic bottle, the club said on Monday.

Messi was celebrating Barca's 94th-minute winner with his teammates near the corner flag at Mestalla stadium on Sunday when someone threw the bottle from the stands.

To add insult to injury the Argentina captain was then booked for wasting time.