Thanks for joining me for what could prove to be an important win for Barcelona and their new boss.

We'll be back tomorrow for more live La Liga coverage. See you all then.

That win lifts Barcelona up to sixth in the La Liga table, six points off the top four and eight behind current leaders Sevilla.

Real Madrid and Real Sociedad could both leapfrog Los Rojiblancos at the top of the table if they win their respective games on Sunday.

Xavi wins his first match in charge of Barcelona.

Memphis Depay's penalty was the difference, but the hosts rode their luck in the second half.

Espanyol win a corner. Goalkeeper Diego Lopez is thinking about coming up for it but is told to stay put.

Barca fail to clear and the ball almost falls to Lu Wei, but Marc Andre ter Stegen gets there first.

The Camp Nou breathes a sigh of relief.

Loren Moron comes on for the final couple of minutes.

Sergi Darder departs.

Leandro Cabrera unceremoniously shoves Abde Ezzalzouli to the ground and is shown a yellow card for his troubles.

Time running out for the visitors.

We're into six minutes of added time at the end of the second half.

Memphis can wrap things up but shoots straight at Diego Lopez from the right corner of the area.

Marc Andre ter Stegen has been booked for time wasting.

The home fans aren't best pleased.

Yusuf Demir comes on for Nico, who landed awkwardly on his ankle a few moments ago.

Oscar Minguez has also picked up a knock - he comes off for Ronald Araujo.

This just hasn't been Raul de Tomas' night.

The forward rises unmarked inside the Barca area, but his header hits the same post he struck from a free-kick minutes earlier.

De Tomas falls to the ground in anguish. How has he not scored tonight?

It should be 1-1. It HAS to be 1-1.

Lu Wei's cross finds Landry Dimata unmarked inside the Barcelona penalty area.

The forward is left in acres of space but sends his header well wide of the far post. A dreadful miss!

Frenkie de Jong catches Lu Wei in the face and is shown a yellow card.

What an effort!

So close to an equaliser as Raul de Tomas' curling shot clips the outside of Marc Andre ter Stegen's right-hand post on its way behind.

De Tomas can't believe it.

The visitors have a free-kick in a dangerous position on the edge of the box.

Raul de Tomas to take...

Puig comes on for Sergio Busquets, who was signalling to the bench a few moments ago.

If the midfielder has picked up an injury, it doesn't appear to be too serious.

Adri Embarba is replaced by Wu Lei, with Landry Dimata coming on for Yangel Herrera.

Riqui Puig is coming on for Barcelona...

Espanyol are going to make another double change.

They have 15 minutes to salvage something from this game.

Abde Ezzalzouli cuts inside from the right, skips away from two Espanyol defenders, drags the ball away from a third and sends a powerful strike over the crossbar.

Very pleasing on the eye until the finish.

Coutinho is involved immediately, waltzing into the penalty area and cutting the ball back for Memphis Depay, who loses his footing under pressure from an Espanyol defender.

Philippe Coutinho replaces Gavi in Barcelona's second change of the evening.