Barcelona will finish the weekend with an 11-point lead at the top of the La Liga thanks to a hard-fought 1-0 win against Villarreal at the Estadio de la Cerámica on Sunday night. Barça started well, scored early but couldn’t put the game away and had to suffer in the final minutes, but the best defense in Europe stepped up to the challenge and kept another clean sheet to get three crucial points at one of the toughest grounds in the country.
FIRST HALF
Barça made a fantastic start to the game, creating a massive chance just three minutes in when Pedri played a gorgeous through ball to a wide open Robert Lewandowski, but the Pole took too much time to take a shot and Pepe Reina made an important one-on-one save.