In what was supposed to be one of the most difficult Barcelona La Liga matches left, the Catalans made all the necessary work in a 12-minute span in the first half. Barcelona were magnificent in attack before the halftime break, and a brilliant overhead kick from Luis Suarez and a brace from Lionel Messi were more than enough for Barcelona to dispose of the slumping Sevilla.
Barcelona wasted no time and quickly took control of the match, immediately dominating possession and pinning Sevilla deep. Sevilla, who have been struggling lately, going winless in their last five before their Camp Nou trip, were having problems to contain Barcelona and less than four minutes in, Messi came within inches of opening the scoring.