Summary

  • FT: Barcelona 4-1 Villarreal

  • Real & Barca level on points at top of La Liga

  • Real have game in hand on their Catalan rivals

  • Real have three league games left, Barca two

  1. 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.

  2. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 79 mins

    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.

  3. Postpublished at 78 mins

    Barcelona 3-1 Villarreal

    Villarreal skipper Mateo Musacchio into the referee's book for a dangerous sliding challenge on Neymar.

  4. Postpublished at 77 mins

    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.

  5. CLOSE!published at 76 mins

    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.

    NeymarImage source, Reuters
  6. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 75 mins

    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?

  7. YELLOW CARD AND SUBBEDpublished at 72 mins

    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.

  8. goal

    Suarez adds thirdpublished at 19:00 British Summer Time 6 May 2017

    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.

    Suarez goalImage source, Getty Images
  9. goal

    GOAL - Barcelona 3-1 Villarrealpublished at 18:58 British Summer Time 6 May 2017

    Luis Suarez (68 mins)

    Game over?

    Suarez goalImage source, Getty Images
  10. Postpublished at 64 mins

    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.

  11. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 18:51 British Summer Time 6 May 2017

    #bbcfootball

    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.

    Send in your views using #bbceurofooty, external

  12. Postpublished at 60 mins

    Barcelona 2-1 Villarreal

    An hour gone.

    As it stands, Barcelona are going three points clear at the top of La Liga.

    NeymarImage source, Getty Images
  13. CLOSE!published at 58 mins

    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.

  14. No BBCpublished at 18:47 British Summer Time 6 May 2017
    Breaking

    Granada v Real Madrid (19:45 BST)

    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?

  15. CLOSE!published at 51 mins

    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.

  16. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 18:38 British Summer Time 6 May 2017

    #bbcfootball

    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.

  17. CLOSE!published at 47 mins

    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.

    Neymar pushes past MusacchioImage source, Reuters
  18. KICK-OFFpublished at 46 mins

    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.

  19. Lucky Barcapublished at 18:28 British Summer Time 6 May 2017

    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.

  20. HALF-TIMEpublished at 18:22 British Summer Time 6 May 2017

    Barcelona 2-1 Villarreal

    That Lionel Messi goal is the last act of the first period.

    Messi celebImage source, Getty Images