Lionel Messi paid a personal tribute to the late Diego Maradona after scoring on Sunday as Barcelona returned to winning ways in La Liga with a resounding 4-0 home win over Osasuna.

Messi adorned a brilliant team display with a thumping strike into the top corner in the second half, after Martin Braithwaite had broken the deadlock and Antoine Griezmann and Philippe Coutinho had scored either side of halftime.

The Argentine then lifted his shirt to reveal a red and black replica kit of his hometown club Newell's Old Boys bearing the number 10 which Maradona wore during his brief spell at the Rosario side in 1993.

The Catalans had paid homage before kickoff to Maradona, who played for the club in an eventful yet disappointing spell from 1982 to 1984, hanging a framed signed shirt of his above the presidential box while the players held a minute’s silence in front of an old Barca shirt bearing the number 10.

Zidane at a loss

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said he was concerned about his side’s inability to turn matches around after they were beaten 1-2 at home by Alaves after what he described as their worst start to a game all season.

“I have no explanation, the defeat wasn’t down to our attitude or how well we played given our performance last week, but you cannot afford to start a match like we did today. That was the worst start we have made this season,” Zidane said.