Lionel Messi performed his 768th match for Barcelona to surpass Xavi Hernández for the file variety of membership appearances.
Barcelona’s first La Liga sport below returning president Joan Laporta is tonight towards Huesca.
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Messi and American defender Sergiño Dest scored two targets every as Barcelona simply beat Sociedad for its fifth consecutive league win — and ninth right away from house.
Griezmann opened the scoring within the thirty seventh earlier than Dest netted within the forty third and 53rd minutes for his first league targets with the Catalan membership.
The American proper again had already scored in a Champions League sport in his first season with the Spanish powerhouse.
Messi netted his league-leading twenty second and twenty third targets from inside the realm within the 56th and 89th.
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Ousmane Demebélé scored within the 71st shortly after having a purpose disallowed for offside.
Sociedad’s lone purpose was scored by Ander Barrenetxea within the 77th.
Barcelona subsequent hosts relegation-threatened Valladolid whereas Atlético visits fourth-place Sevilla.
Athletico Win
After Jan Oblak swatted the ball away with an outstanding penalty save within the 86th minute, Atlético Madrid coach Diego Simeone celebrated on the sideline as if his group had simply scored a purpose.
His gamers did, too, dashing to embrace the person who secured Atlético a win that might be decisive within the struggle for the Spanish league title.
Luis Suárez had earlier scored his five hundredth profession purpose with membership and nation to assist in giving Atlético a hard-fought 1-0 house win towards relegation-threatened Alavés on Sunday.
The victory, Atlético’s third within the final seven league video games, left the leaders 4 factors forward of Barcelona, which stayed shut by routing fifth-place Real Sociedad 6-1.
“Luckily I made the stop near the end of the match and we could add the three points,” Oblak mentioned. “These points are crucial for us as Real Madrid and Barcelona are coming after us.”
Seeking its first league title since 2014, Atlético will enter the worldwide break six factors in entrance of third-place Real Madrid, which gained 3-1 at Celta Vigo on Saturday.
“We’ll keep trying to win our matches and then we’ll see what happens in the end,” Antoine Griezmann mentioned. “If we keep playing like we’ve been playing recently, we can do it.”
Suárez, who had scored solely twice within the final 9 matches in all competitions, put Atlético forward with a diving header within the 54th minute after a cross by Kieran Trippier.
Oblak, who hadn’t been profitable on penalty kicks just lately, preserved the victory by diving to his proper to make a one-hand save towards the late shot from the spot taken by Joselu.
“All great teams have these players who can be decisive by scoring goals and making saves,” Simeone mentioned.
The penalty got here after defender Stefan Savic elbowed an opponent whereas attempting to guard the ball on the fringe of the realm.
Atlético was coming off elimination towards Chelsea within the spherical of 16 of the Champions League and had been held 0-0 at Getafe in its earlier Spanish league match.
Aláves has misplaced 5 of its final six league video games. It sits second-to-last within the 20-team standings with 23 factors, two from security.
Simeone’s group held a cushty league lead till just lately however had been steadily shedding floor as Barcelona and Madrid charged to the highest.
OTHER RESULTS
Seventh-place Villarreal beat Cádiz 2-1 with targets by Gerard Moreno and Carlos Bacca.
Valencia beat Granada 2-1 because of targets from Daniel Wass and Álex Blanco.
Getafe, winless in three league matches, was held 1-1 by relegation-threatened Elche.
