Barcelona ended the month of August with a second consecutive victory in La Liga, this time a 2-0 win over Deportivo Alavés away from home. The Blaugrana needed to wait a while to find the net, but Lionel Messi provided a second half brace after missing a penalty in the first half. It was another solid performance from Ernesto Valverde’s men and another comfortable victory with very little trouble. Not too shabby.
FIRST HALF
From the start the Blaugrana had to face a parked bus with almost every Alavés player behind the ball, and they needed patience and accuracy to find spaces and chances, and in the first 10 minutes they created some good opportunities to shoot but couldn’t really trouble goalkeeper Fernando Pacheco.