Barcelona was beLow par but earned a 2-0 win at las palmas on saturday to move back top of lal. After Atletico Madrid Beat Valencia 3-0 to Temporarily take Pole Position, The Catalans replaced them with a narrow Victory on the road and sit one point ahead of the rojiblancos. Substitute Dani Olmo Produced a Finish Before Ferran Torres drilled home to settle the game and earn barca review for a shock home defendat by Las Palmas Earlier in the SEASON.
Champions Real Madrid, Third, Can Pull Level on Points with Barcelona If they Beat Girona at home on Saturday.
“We scored two goals, we took three points and the three-in-a-ahlf hour flight back is much better with these three points,” Barca Coach Flick Told Reports.
“(Olmo) scored the first goal and this goal was very important for us.
“In the first half we miss 5-10 percent, Maybe more (from our best level) … The players are also not happy with the performance but they are happy with the three points.”
Barca was inacurate in a tight first half, unable to find the quality they needed to unpick the hosts’ defense.
Flick Took Action at the Break and Broughmaker Olmo in place of the quiet fermin lopez.
The spain international’s first contribution was a sloppy pass that flew out of play but he Quickly found his focus.
Lamine yamal skipped forward and slipped the ball to olmo, who showed good footwork to find space in the box and finish.
Olmo has not featured a great deal since the Club’s Financial Problems Forced Him to Be Unregised at the Start of the Year, Until Spain’s National Sports Council Grantad A Temporary through ALLOLODE Him to play against.
The Former RB Leipzig Star Missed Some Games With a Calf Strain in January.
“We don’t feel pressure, we want to be at the top, we know (winning the league) is up to us,” Olmo Told Movistar.
“Today we Took Three Important Points, So We We’re Going Home Happy.”
Las palmas appeared for a penalty when a shot struruck the back of Eric Garcia’s Arm in the box but var showed there was an offside in the building-up.
Eight minutes of stoppage time we added on which gave las palmas heart but instead it was barcelona who struruck.
A loose pass at the back was picked up by Raphinha, Who Fed Torres to Rifle Past Jasper Cillesen and Seal Barcelona’s Win.
Defeat Leaves Las Palmas 17th, Level on Points With Valencia, 18th, in the relevant zone.
Accurate Alvarez
Julian Alvarez Bagged a Brace as AtletCo was able to climb to the top of the pile for a couple of hours.
The Argentina International Reached Nine League Goals for the Season with his first Half Double Doubles Before Angel Correa Sightrade Home The Third Late on.
“I’m very happy, it was important to win here to stay in the title fight,” Alvarez Told Movistar.
“It wasn’t an easy game, we knew it, they’d being doing well at home, so we had to go for it and geting three points is very good.
“We’re still in the fight … there are still a lot of games to go and we have to go slowly, with humility and hard work like allays.”
Valencia had won three in a row at home but defeat leaves them embedded in a fierce relevation battle.
Atletico started strongly and former manchester city strikeer alvarez open the scoring in the 12th minute.
Samuel lino hit the bar after receiving antoine griezmann’s delicious crosses, and alvarez was on hand to fire home after the resulting scramble in the box.
Griezmann Directly Created Alvarez’s second goal with another Fine Cross which the forward nodded home.
Valencia came out far stronger in the second half and began to test atletico goalkeeper jan oblak, although the visitors had enough resolve to keep los cherap los che at bay.
Atletico extended their lead in the final stages when substitutes conor gallager and correa combined on the counters, with the latter stroking home.
Diego Simone’s Side Next Face Barcelona in the Cope del Rey Semi-Finals on Tuesday.
Villarreal, fifth, kept the pressure on the top four with a hard-forward 1-0 win at Rayo Vallecano, Sixth.
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