Barcelona will finish the weekend in third place in the La Liga table and just four points behind the leaders thanks to a hard-fought 1-0 win over Alavés at the Montjuïc Olympic Stadium on Sunday afternoon. After a very difficult first half the Catalans improved just enough in the second to find the winning goal thanks to Robert Lewandowski, and have taken advantage of Real Madrid’s slip-up on Saturday to fully re-enter the title race despite a much less than vintage performance.
FIRST HALF
It is hard to remember a more frustrating half of football involving Barcelona than this one.