PENALTY TO BARCELONApublished at 80 mins
Barcelona 3-1 Villarreal
Luis Suarez's chipped pass inside the box is stopped by the hand of Jaume Costa.
Penalty but a very harsh one.
Costa is booked.
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Barcelona 3-1 Villarreal
Luis Suarez's chipped pass inside the box is stopped by the hand of Jaume Costa.
Penalty but a very harsh one.
Costa is booked.
Barcelona 3-1 Villarreal
Another change for the hosts.
Sergi Roberto is given a generous round of applause as he is replaced by Javier Mascherano.
11 to play.
Barcelona 3-1 Villarreal
Villarreal skipper Mateo Musacchio into the referee's book for a dangerous sliding challenge on Neymar.
Barcelona 3-1 Villarreal
Barcelona all over the place at the back and get away with one.
Goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen races off his line but is beaten to the ball by goalscorer Cedric Bakambu, but the Villarreal cannot control and Gerard Pique nips in to clear the ball.
Fortunate.
Barcelona 3-1 Villarreal
Neymar is through on goal and tries to be too clever with a dinked finish, but it ends up straight in the hands of Andres Fernandez.
Should have finished it off.
Barcelona 3-1 Villarreal
Now time for a Barcelona change.
Lucas Digne comes off and on in his place is Jordi Alba.
Not a bad player to bring on eh?
Barcelona 3-1 Villarreal
Roberto Soldado is given a yellow card for Villarreal and is immediately subbed off for Nicolas Sansone. How embarrassing.
Samu Castillejo also comes on in place of Jonathan Soriano.
18 minutes remaining.
Barcelona 3-1 Villarreal
What a break.
From defending at one end, to scoring at the other.
Sergi Roberto breaks clear and feeds Luis Suarez on the right.
The Uruguayan squares up Alvaro Gonzalez, feigning to shoot with his left before cutting the other way on to his right.
With the goalkeeper in front of him, Suarez strikes a rasping low shot into the bottom corner of the net.
Suarez, Lionel Messi and Neymar all on target for Barcelona.
Luis Suarez (68 mins)
Game over?
Barcelona 2-1 Villarreal
Villarreal have a free-kick 30 yards out, but Jonathan dos Santos's curled effort sails over the crossbar.
No worries for Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
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What's the worst defending you have seen?
John McEnerney: PSG that night in the Nou Camp don't care about Messi this Messi that, the defending by PSG was criminal.
Toniwater: Brasil v Germany in the World Cup semi, worst defending ever by Brasil led by Side Show Bob Luiz.
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Barcelona 2-1 Villarreal
An hour gone.
As it stands, Barcelona are going three points clear at the top of La Liga.
Barcelona 2-1 Villarreal
Looking for his second, Lionel Messi smashes a fierce right-footed shot from the edge of the box which Andres Fernandez pushes away.
A good stop from the Villarreal keeper.
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Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane up against Tony Adams and his already relegated Granada side.
The Frenchman has taken the opportunity to change his team around and there is no Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale or Karim Benzema.
Risky?
Barcelona 2-1 Villarreal
Oooh, so close to a third.
Andres Iniesta with a laser-like pass into the feet of Lucas Digne, but the French left-back fires a shot high and wide from close range.
Lucas Digne pronounced 'Luca Deen' apparently.
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John McEnerney: MSN & BBC go way, the greatest 3 pronged attack in any galaxy anytime ever is LHC. Luke, Han & Chewi!
Two days too late mate. May the 4th was on Thursday.
Barcelona 2-1 Villarreal
Barcelona go on the attack immediately in the second half.
Neymar with a couple of stepovers to send Villarreal skipper Mateo Musacchio in a spin, but his pull back is cut out by visiting goalkeeper Andres Fernandez.
Barcelona 2-1 Villarreal
Back under way.
The glorious weather in Barcelona makes me want to pull my deckchair out in the back garden with an ice cold Jamaican ginger beer.
Barcelona 2-1 Villarreal
Former Villarreal winger Robert Pires on Sky Sports: "When you have a player like Lionel Messi, it is very difficult to stop him.
"Sometimes you need luck and Barcelona have a lot of it.
Barcelona 2-1 Villarreal
That Lionel Messi goal is the last act of the first period.