Despite not having anything to play for in this end of season ‘dead rubber,’ Barca’s players knocked the ball around like their starting positions depended on it.
Even though Athletic Club hadn’t beaten the blaugranes home or away in the league in the previous 10 meetings, playing Los Leones at San Mames is never an easy fixture.
With the home crowd willingly playing their part in making it a partisan atmosphere, it was no real surprise that it was the hosts who started the game on the front foot.
u200bIt would be Pedri’s brilliance approaching the quarter-hour which started to unpick the Athletic defence, and his quick thinking from a free-kick led to Robert Lewandowski crafting his 100th goal for the club with a sublime chip.