Barcelona continue on track to fight for the La Liga title thanks to a hard-fought 2-1 win over Villarreal at the Estadio de La Cerámica on Sunday. Barça played a brilliant first half despite going behind early, but an Antoine Griezmann brace gave them the lead and the Blaugrana survived a tough second half to pick up all three points.
FIRST HALF
Barça dominated from the go, sending plenty of bodies forward and moving the ball quickly and creatively to create plenty of chances. There were four big ones in the first 18 minutes, the biggest of those a brilliant team move that ended with an assist from Jordi Alba and a bad miss from Frenkie De Jong, who was all alone just two yards away from the goal but hit the ball straight at Sergio Asenjo.