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Ronald Araujo comes up with a captain’s contribution for Barcelona

There are a ton of narratives that could be spun to tell the tale of Barcelona’s last-gasp win at the Reale Arena.

Marc-Andre ter Stegen doing what he does best, Xavi getting it wrong again... yada yada.

The bottom line is that three hugely important points were on the line and regardless of whether luck played a part or not, Barca headed back to Catalonia with them.

For those of us of a certain age the Reale Arena/Anoeta was always the toughest of places to go. Real Sociedad away was a fixture that appeared to be the polar opposite of Real Sociedad at Camp Nou.