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Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao, La Liga: Final Score 1-0, Ivan Rakitic strike wins crucial home game for Barça

Barcelona returned to winning ways in La Liga with a tense 1-0 victory over a tough Athletic Bilbao team at Camp Nou on Tuesday. The Blaugrana were awful for 55 minutes but improved a lot thanks to good substitutions by Quique Setién, and Ivan Rakitic scored the winner to claim three crucial points for the champions.

FIRST HALF

Barça made a solid start to the game, with a clear attempt to play a more direct, progressive passing style to try and create more chances, and Luis Suárez had two shots in the first 10 minutes.