Barcelona stretched their unbeaten run in La Liga to 14 games with a win over Sevilla but, more importantly, moved second in the table. The Catalans, Atletico and Sevilla are all on 57 points, but Barca have a game in hand on the other two teams.
Xavi’s side weren’t quite as impressive as they have been recently, with the international break coming at completely the wrong time, but still managed to find a way to see off a dogged Sevilla side.
Once again Barcelona could, and maybe should, have won by a larger scoreline.