No Messi, no problem

Barcelona had no trouble handing 10-man Malaga another loss despite not having Lionel Messi, who missed Saturday's match to attend the birth of his third son.

Luis Suarez and Philippe Coutinho scored in the 2-0 win before the host lost Samuel Garica to a direct red card for a rash studs-first tackle of Jordi Alba on the half-hour mark.

Barcelona said before the match Messi would not travel with the team for "personal reasons." The Argentina forward later announced his wife gave birth to a son named Ciro.