Messi doesn’t finish game against Atletico Madrid

Barca beat Atletico Madrid last night without wanting to. After a goal by Radamel Falcao and a late goal by Alexis Sánchez, Atletico’s Gabi put the ball into the back of his own net past a bewildered Courtois to hand victory to Barca. The Catalans ended up with just 10 men as Messi suffered a relapse of his hamstring problem and Vilanova used all 3 subs. Read the rest here

Barca back in form against Real Betis

It was a great match at the Camp Nou last night and Barca had to come from behind then from a 2-2 to finally beat the Andulusian side by 4 goals to 2. Pepe Mel’s team put on a terrific display and Rubén Pérez scored an absolute blinder to put Betis in front. The Catalans can win the league this week if Real Madrid fail to beat Malaga. More about Barca vs Betis

Ander Herrera makes Barca wait for title

Athletic Bilbao were up for the challenge and got on the scoreboard before Barcelona on Saturday at the Cathedral in Bilbao. The game ended up in a 2-2 draw which means that Barcelona have to put their La Liga celebrations on ice for another week courtesy of Ander Herrera who scored in the dying seconds of the game. Read more about Athletic Bilbao vs FC Barcelona

Cesc Fabregas provides get out of jail card

Cesc Fabregas provided the get out of jail card that Barca needed to beat a stubborn Levante. It was a game with incidents where the ref failed to see a handball from levante and also disallowed a Levante goal for offside when it was clearly onside. it was a disappointing game for Barca with no leo Messi looking ahead to Tuesday’s game in Munich. More about Barca vs Levante

Barca makes sure at Zaragoza with 3-0 win

It was left up to Barca’s youth academy boys to fire the Catalans to a 3 nil win over Zaragoza yesterday. Goals came from Thiago Alcántara and Christian Tello, who snatched a brace with a great performance to match. This season is closing and there’s only one winner to be engraved on the league cup this year. Read more about Barca’s victory at Zaragoza.

Abidal plays in 5-0 whitewash of Mallorca

Barca defender Eric Abidal finally got to play for the Catalan club again as he substituted Gerard Piqué in the 24th minute of the second half. It was an exciting match at the Nou Camp where Barca gave Mallorca a 5 nil hiding. Alexis found his mojo and scored two great goals but the night belonged to Cesc Fabregás who netted a hat-trick. Read more about Barca’s demolition of Mallorca

Messi scores and Barca draws in Balaídos

Barcelona gave away two valuable points on Saturday night at the Balaidos stadium in Vigo. The match ended in a 2-2 draw with Tello getting Barca’s first and Messi knocking in the second in which is his 19th consecutive match finding the back of the net. The sky blue shirts of Celta played well and scored two goals to equalise the match via Insa and their captain, Oubiña.

Messi and Villa take care of Rayo Vallecano

It may have been Jordi Roura’s last match at the helm of Barca but what a night it was! The connection between David Villa and Leo Messi was magical and both players ended up on the scoresheet. Between them, they took care of business and put wind in Barca’s sails once again with a fantastic display of football that ended up 3-1 to Barcelona.