Humiliated Barca Escape With a Point | Barca - 1 : Real Soceidad - 1

- Messi Scoring the Equalizer against real Soceidad -

Almost nothing went right for us today. They outdid us in the quality of their play and in attitude. We barely existed in the first half and improved a bit in the second but it’s difficult to win the league playing like this.Gerard Pique

This was nothing short of "The Great Escape" act by Houdini courtesy of the linesman. There is no other explanation of how we ended up from the trip to Anoeta with a point not with a destruction in terms of result. One may have to look at the upcoming Clasico to see whether the Great Escape Act actually helped or the gruesome experience of Yesternight has left a huge psychological scar on them. Regardless of all these with this draw Barca find themselves six points behind league leaders heading into the Clasico. Which makes that a must win game now. Usually when we fail in a match we as fans are used to holding on to any positives you could find. Hours have passed after the match I am still looking for one, the closest I got is that we had officially 47.7% of possession. For some reason as a person who watched this match; I can't get my head around that number - we barely had a possession and 47.7% of it; no way!

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Barca's Slip up in La Liga may not be Good News for Celtic | Barca vs Celtic Match Preview

- Messi and Barca Players celebrating against Celtic at Camp Nou -

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.Oscar Wilde

Celtic may feel they are hard done with the timing of this clash. After the 7-0 drubbing away at Camp Nou in the first match of the group, Celtic may have been hoping for a bit easier life when Barcelona football club comes visiting. But this could be quite tricky as Barca will be attempting to correct the slip ups they had both in La Liga and UEFA Champions League. It's all stacked up against Celtic at the moment - Barca had a drubbing at the hands of Manchester City in the last match in the Group; topping the group also will be a risk if they slip up against Celtic; the slip up in La Liga this weekend would demand a perfect answer from the Catalonia side; Messi who has scored in all matches in which he has played in Europe so far, who is the leading scorer in Champions League this season, he definitely wants to continue that start and he is also frustrated not to have played in the weekend; that means he is rested, so is Luis Saurez - the odds are stacked pretty badly against Celtic.

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FC Barcelona - 0 : Malaga - 0 Full Match Highlights | Barca Match Videos

FC Barcelona fell off pace once again on league leaders Real Madrid after they failed to win against Malaga at the Camp Nou. As I said in the Barca vs Malaga Match Preview, Barca had a great chance to put build up pressure on the league leaders; they failed; the result - Real Madrid have opened up a four point lead at top. Even though there is a long way to go in the season, Barca's form without Messi is a bit of concern for everyone now especially at home. Ain't that a bit strange! Watch the Highlights of this match below:

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FC Barcelona looks to Put Pressure on Capital Sides with Malaga Visiting Camp Nou

- Lionel Messi Dancing through Malaga Players -

Barcelona Futball Club would be looking to pile the pressure on Real Madrid and also Atletico Madrid when Malaga visits Camp Nou this Saturday. The clash between FC Barcelona and Malaga takes place four hours before the Madrid derby at Vicente Calderón stadium. A victory over Malaga will take Barca to the top of the League, may be temporarily; but it should put immense pressure on current league leaders who will be visiting the cross city rivals. Real Madrid who has not been exactly on fire should have enough to worry with their visit to Atlecto's stadium; we could just add to that with a good result against Malaga. As per the current La Liga odds FC Barcelona is favourite to defend their title amid not so great Home performances this season. This is mainly because other title contenders ain't igniting the stage on fire either.

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Barca - 2 : Sevilla - 1 Extended Highlights Video | Barca Match Videos

Lionel Messi inspired Barca made a wonderful comeback at the Sanchez Pizjuan stadium against home side Sevilla. Lionel Messi scored the equalizer after going down 1-0 early in the match and assisted the winner from Luis Saurez. The second half performance by Barca and especially Messi was one of the brilliant performance this season especially in a Stadium whcih has been a head-ache for all the team to travel for sometime. This was Sevilla's first home defeat of the season and if last season is a benchmark; that' a heck of achievement. Watch the Extended Highlights with English commentary below.

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