Barcelona have been poor away from home for a while now, but a trip to La Liga’s bottom side was expected to yield a comfortable victory.
It all started so promisingly too with Ousmane Dembele, Antoine Griezmann, Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi all named in the starting XI which suggested a fun afternoon could be in store.
Instead the blockbuster attack struggled badly, the defence wobbled again and Barca needed two set-pieces and a bit of luck to claim a fortunate three points.
It’s not the first time this season the team have got away with it and it probably won’t be the last, but Valverde is going to run out of luck at some point.