Fans expect to see their side win in style and have questioned the merits of boss Luis Enrique, who is to leave at the end of the season. Trophies are often the minimum requirement for those in charge at Camp Nou. Reaching the Champions League quarter-finals and competing to win La Liga would hardly constitute a crisis for most clubs, but this is Barcelona. Head-to-head record is the first criterion used to separate teams level on points in La Liga Barca crisis averted? Quotes: Enrique hails 'gargantuan' Barcelona win.Analysis: 500 up Messi proves he's still the best.Real - who have a game in hand on Barcelona - also felt they should have had a penalty when Ronaldo was clipped by Samuel Umtiti after only two minutes. Substitute James Rodriguez thought he had earned Madrid a point late on.īut Messi, who scored his first with a superb jinking run and finish, fired in from the edge of the area to win it for Barcelona.īoth Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo had earlier missed good opportunities to give their sides the lead, with the Argentina international poking wide of an open goal before the break and the Real Madrid forward slicing over in the second half. Casemiro scored first for the hosts before Messi and Ivan Rakitic put Barcelona in front and Sergio Ramos was shown a red card for a wild lunge.
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