Sergio Busquets praised Lionel Messi after the Argentine scored a free kick to open the scoring in Barcelona's 2-0 over Espanyol.

"We know what Leo is about, how important he is to us and what he is capable of. He takes a very good free kick. We have become used to it but he deserves a lot of credit," said Busquets.

Busquets then admitted the difficulties of playing the first game back following an international break. 

"It costs us a lot because there's a lot of traveling. There's almost no time to prepare for this game. Big teams, with big players, usually pass the tests."