Gerard Pique, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez were on target as LaLiga leaders Barcelona came from behind to beat Rayo Vallecano 3-1.
Match Report
Rayo threatened to hand Atleti's prospects of overhauling the defending champions a boost when they opened the scoring through Raul de Tomas' fine strike.
However, Gerard Pique levelled seven minutes in the 38th minute before Lionel Messi's penalty and a late third from Luis Suarez ensured Barca still have plenty of breathing room at the summit.
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Match Events
24' GOAL! Barcelona 0-1 Vallecano (De Tomas)
De Tomas is fed down the flank by Garcia and he takes a couple on before curling a shot right into the bottom-right corner from outside the box and past the despairing dive of Ter Stegen! It's 1-0 to the visitors!
38' GOAL! Barcelona 1-1 Vallecano (Pique)
Messi swings in a free-kick from the right and Pique meets it, unmarked, at the near post to head home and restore parity! It's all square at 1-1.
51' Penalty Goal! Barcelona 2-1 Vallecano (Messi)
Messi calmly sends the keeper the wrong way and slots the ball into the bottom-right corner from the spot. The hosts are in the driving seat now, but they've been made to work for it.
51' Goal! Barcelona 3-1 Vallecano (Suarez)
Suarez makes it 3-1 to Barcelona and extends his excellent record against these opponents. Dembele fizzes the ball in and the Uruguayan plays a neat one-two with Rakitic inside the box before slotting into an empty net. He's now scored six in five games against Vallecano.
Line-ups
Barcelona XI: L. Messi, L. Suárez, Piqué, Vidal, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, Philippe Coutinho, M. ter Stegen, S. Umtiti, Semedo, Arthur
Subs: I. Rakitić, Jeison Murillo, S.Roberto, J. Cillessen, Carles Aleñá, O. Dembélé, Malcom
Vallecano XI: L. Advíncula, Imbula, Amat, A.Gálvez, Bebé, Raúl de Tomás, Stole Dimitrievski, Emiliano Velázquez, Álex Moreno, Álvaro García, Santi Comesaña
Subs: Mario Suárez, Ó. Trejo, Alberto García, Di Santo, Tito, José Ángel Pozo, Adri Embarba
Musamessi
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they thought he is next iniesta but actually he is replacing Andre Gomez lolll
chekwasi
483
Messi scores, Pique scores and Suarez scores, we are waiting for Lyon on Wednesday. Forca Barca and Haha Madrid.
Dohtmhan
446
WHAT MESSI DOES BEST
Rohingya94
364
What Saurez was said?
SouTHeE
329
Moment of match : Rakitic hits pique in his face with ball😂😂😂
LUMIEREMBILIZI7
305
Barcelona and Real Madrid fans are all same. They support their players only when they're doing great. But when they're having bad days they start to criticize them.
RGGil
305
Real Madrid fans now
rohitgirwal18
258
Messi’s stats against Rayo: 1 Goals 1 Assists 6 Shots 71 Passes 80.6% pass accuracy 3 Key passes 3 Big chance created 4 Long balls completed 8 Duels won 6 dribbles completed
Wasim-Ahmed
232
they are our kings. 7 point clear ahead of 2nd position (Atletico) and haha Madrid suddenly disappeared from the track...[Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
Musamessi
227
coutinho fitting into iniesta shoes be like.lolll
wikdlmyz
209
I don't know if I am the only one that sees how vital Rakitic is to Barcelona. it took him less than one minute to make an impact on the game and against Madrid he was just phenomena...pls barça and valverde do all that it takes to keep him..we need him. suarez and coutinho have a nice match I hope it continues like this..and of course the Goat Messi did so well too with a very good penalty(I hope u keep improving on that) and two nice free kick thigh didn't score but were much btr than previous ones. I most commend valverde too, he's doing btr now with tactical formation switching form 4 3 3 to 4 2 2 if need be and playing both coutinho and Dembele that's wat an annttqgkijg minded couch is meant to do even though he need to improve his changes, please do them a bit earlier Malcom deserves some playing time. good game barça...viva catalunya
busnors
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Could Luka Modric have won the Balon d'Or without Ivan Rakitic? No! So Barcelona should not throw Rakitic away if Real Madrid honours Modric.
DaMhztourage
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Barca's third goals proves the team is more than united , Raktic passing to Suarez when he should have scored , great unity
Bacon-man
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Lionel Messi. Just when you think he’s too old to be playing football, he always surprises you. We should count ourselves lucky to get to watch him play, because people in the future will tell their children, about a legendary football player called, Lionel Messi
Dohtmhan
11
they thought he is next iniesta but actually he is replacing Andre Gomez lolll
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CHANGE YOUR LOGO FOR NOT SUPPORTING YOUR PLAYERS
kaif_barfi
9
they thought he is next iniesta but actually he is replacing Andre Gomez lolll
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bro instead of giving confidence u r just breaking him apart what kind of Barca fan r u
FreeAgent10
8
they thought he is next iniesta but actually he is replacing Andre Gomez lolll
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It is not funny but it's true. He's a liability to us just like Andre was.
Messigician9703
8
they thought he is next iniesta but actually he is replacing Andre Gomez lolll
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To replace Iniesta, you must play in his position. He was playing on the damn wing!!