‘El Clásico’ continues to make the headlines with Messi as the focal point of all the attention. After the talk of a car park argument with Alvaro Arbeloa, now images have surfaced of the little Argentine spitting in the direction of the Real Madrid bench during the game.

The images, taken from Spanish TV channels ‘La Sexta’ and ‘Cuatro’, show Messi spitting during the Real-Barça game on Wednesday night. What is not clear is in what direction he is spitting at the moment the Barca player is in front of the Real Madrid bench. It is impossible to make out if the player attempts to spit in the direction of the bench or not.

Did Messi spit towards the Real Madrid bench?

What can be seen in the images on La Sexta is how Messi squares up to someone on Madrid’s bench, either from the coaching staff or a substitute, while on Cuatro the trajectory of the spit can clearly be made out.