Barcelona and a Copa del Rey comeback full of character

Well that was fun wasn’t it?!

For 88 minutes of the match it looked as if Barca’s complete dominance would go unrewarded, and then, as so often happens, a late chink of light opens the floodgates.

Granada will feel extremely hard done by having been just two minutes away from sending the Blaugranes tumbling out of the competition and, arguably, ending their season in early February.

Their backs-against-the-wall performance deserves some credit and, on another night, they’d have been in the hat for the semi-final and not Ronald Koeman’s side.

However, this was a night where, despite the odd mistake, the sloppy passing on occasion and Umtiti being outrun by a 35-year-old Roberto Soldado, Barca should rightly take all of the plaudits.