Though a title victory would still have been a long shot given their recent results, going into the game against Celta, a win was a pre-requisite for Barca in order to take the fight to the final weekend of the 2020/21 season.
A fine start for the blaugranes where the Galicians were, frankly, battered, should’ve seen more than the one goal from Leo Messi in the opening 30 minutes.
Celta simply were not at the races.
Marc-Andre ter Stegen could’ve taken one of those open top red buses around the city and still been back before the visitors had offered any sort of threat.