So, over to you Actual Madrid as Barcelona reduce the distinction on the high of the league to simply 5 factors with Los Blancos set to face Athletic Membership on the Bernabeu on Sunday night time.
Barcelona had been made to work onerous for max factors towards a resilient and effectively drilled Las Palmas facet with the dynamic of the sport altering within the twenty fourth minute when goalkeeper Alvaro Valles noticed a straight purple for his reckless lunge on Raphinha.
Barcelona nonetheless appeared to wrestle that bit extra towards the ten males and it wasn’t till Joao Felix was introduced on early within the second half that his added zip and pedigree was the important thing to interrupt down the Canary Islanders.
The impasse was lastly damaged on the hour mark when the Portuguese delivered a precision level go for Raphinha to nod dwelling.
Regardless of a nervy finish to the sport as Moliero virtually discovered the online, Barcelona had been in a position to tire out the facet in yellow by way of dominant possession management.
Xavi claimed that 9 factors from the subsequent three video games had been important in pushing Actual Madrid all the best way with the primary hurdle now out of the best way for the Catalan facet.