Barcelona defeats Villarreal and widens the gap with Real Madrid
Goals: Villarreal – FC Barcelona – Played on 02/12/2023
Barcelona continued to tighten its grip on the top of the Spanish League, and overcame a new obstacle after achieving a valuable victory (1-0) at its host Villarreal, today, Sunday, in the 21st stage of the competition.
Barcelona’s balance, which continued its uprising in the championship by achieving its 18th victory in the competition during the current season and the sixth in a row, rose to 56 points in the lead.
Barcelona widened the difference to 11 points against Real Madrid, who plays with Elche next Wednesday after the royal team came from the Club World Cup, which it crowned for the fifth time in its history.
On the other hand, Villarreal’s balance, which suffered its eighth loss in the competition this season, stopped at 31 points in eighth place.
Pedri assumed the starring role in the match after scoring Barcelona’s only goal in the 18th minute, to give the team considerable strength before facing Manchester United, next Thursday in the European League.
first half
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The match started with pressure from Barcelona, and Pedri passed a ball towards Lewandowski, who was alone with goalkeeper Reina, but the latter shone and blocked the ball.
Pedri sent a cross into the penalty area, which reached Christensen, who hit a header that went over the horizontal bar of Villarreal’s goal.
Pedri succeeded in scoring the lead goal for Barcelona when he exchanged passes with Lewandowski before he shot to the right of goalkeeper Reina.