LA LIGA wrap-up- Saturday

Valencia 2-3 Barcelona


 Messi’s fine finish had put Barca in pole position after a tough opening 22 minutes rifling home a Rakitic pass despite an obstruction from Suarez which Alves pointed out. Alves was in top form to deny Suarez one-on-one. Marc-Andre ter Stegen was at alert to deny Parejo from six yards out also.

Barca Valencia brawl-thesun.co.uk

Rakitic spurned a great chance to double Barca’s advantage just after half-time, slamming a rebound off the outside of the post from six yards after Alves had parried a shot from Neymar. Cesare Prandelli who is in charge of his first home game with Valencia had his team on the up and Valencia responded after the break with two excellent finishes in the space of four minutes- first as Munir slammed first-time left-footed shot past the static Ter Stegen after being teed up on the edge of the area by Parejo and the second when Nani’s delightful chip over the Barca defence was half-volleyed off the turf and into Ter Stegen’s left-hand corner by the unmarked Rodrigo to make it 2-1.
Suarez gave the visitors some respite awhen he equalised with a left-footed into the bottom corner after Alves had brilliantly kept out Rakitic’s header.  Messi fired just beyond the reach of Alves to snatch victory after Suarez was tripped by Aymen Abdennour 12 yards from goal in the dying seconds. Mass brawl followed suit as missiles including a water bottle were thrown at Messi, Neymar and the celebrating Barca contingent, while there was a scuffle involving both sets of players after the final whistle.

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