Barcelona moved to the Basque Country with 7 out of 15. A win was therefore desperately needed to prevent Real Madrid from running too far.
After 10 minutes, the year-old Fati (18) had the perfect opportunity to put Barcelona on the right path. But face to face with the goalkeeper, Fati put the ball next to the cage.
With a pass back from Piqué, Barça goalkeeper Neto made a horrible mistake after half an hour. He let the ball go through his legs. Rioja had been closely followed to unwrap the present with both hands.
Alaves lost to Jota after a second yellow card. And barely 2 minutes later Griezmann put the ball in over goalkeeper Pacheco.
Barcelona still had half an hour to score the winning goal against 10 men. Opportunities were raining, but Messi, Dest, Pjanic and Piqué all bit their teeth on Alaves’ goalkeeper.
For example, Barcelona suffers a loss of points for the 4th match in a row. The gap with leader Real is already 8 points, Barcelona has played a match less.
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