Barcelona have extended their lead at the top of the La Liga table to seven points for at least the next 24 hours thanks to a hard-fought 1-0 win away to Leganés at the Butarque Municipal Stadium on Saturday night in Madrid. The Catalans played one of their worst games in a while and had quite a few scares against the hosts, and needed an own goal from Jorge Sáenz to escape a hostile environment with all three points and remain in control of the title race.
FIRST HALF
The opening 45 minutes were a tough watch for Barça fans who saw perhaps the worst half from their team in a long time: the Blaugrana had very little imagination and struggled to attack against Leganés’ well-organized 4-5-1 formation and low block, and relied too much on Lamine Yamal to try and create anything in the final third.