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Barcelona vs Villarreal always promises goals, and that is exactly the expectation with which neutrals must have tuned in tonight. And the two sides definitely did not disappoint.
The Yellow Submarines found a goal just before half-time, with a superb finish from Gerard Moreno before doubling their lead early in the second half through former Barcelona player Ilias Akhomach.
Barcelona turned the tide around on its head within 11 minutes, though, scoring three goals from the 60th-minute mark.
Ilkay Gundogan was the first one to halve Villarreal’s lead with a superb finish, before Pedri found a way through into the near post with his weaker foot.
Eventually, a Gundogan free-kick was nudged in by Eric Bailly, acting as a potential winner.
Unfortunately for the hosts, Villarreal found a way through against the run of play through Goncalo Guedes, who made no mistake with a bullet of a finish.
The visitors somehow found a way through in the 99th minute to score the winner, as Alexander Sorloth tumbled the ball in after a mistake from Ronald Araujo and Inaki Pena.
If that was not enough, Barcelona conceded a fifth from Morales after committing everyone forward.
After 15 goals in this fixture across both games, BU runs the player ratings for tonight’s draw.
Inaki Pena: 0
Provides absolutely no security to the backline. Too easy to catch out on the near post, and not dominant at all with his claiming and sweeping. Could not have done anything about any of first three goals, though, but made sure to make a mistake at the very end to give away the game.
Jules Kounde: 5
Was lucky the first Moreno goal got disallowed as his poor defensive performances continue. The Frenchman tried pushing forward, too, but to no avail.
Ronald Araujo: 2
Another average performance from Araujo, who was surprisingly easy to outpower by Sorloth and others. Helped create Barcelona’s third, before eventually helping Villarreal with their winner with a terrible loss of possession late…
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Author : Udhav Arora
Publish date : 2024-01-27 19:35:54
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