In a party locked and full of friction, the FC Barcelona He achieved a minimum victory (1-0) over the Deportivo Alavésthanks to a lonely goal from Robert Lewandowski.
Despite the triumph, the Culé team left doubts in its performance and ended the encounter with a high number of yellow cards, reflection of the intensity and difficulties it had in the game.
Lewandowski, El Salvador once again
The Polish striker Robert Lewandowski was in charge of making a difference with some that arrived in the second half. With an accurate auction within the area, the scorer added the same to his personal account and allowed Barça to take three important points in the fight for the top of LaLiga.
A match full of yellow cards
While Barcelona dominated possession, the team showed nervousness and committed several unnecessary offenses, which led the referee to admonish several Culés players.
The game began with problems for FC Barcelona: Gavi, who had seen a yellow card for a foul, jumped at the wrong time to clear a ball.
The amount of yellow cards that the Barca team received was a factor to highlight, evidencing the lack of control and the moments of frustration that those led by Hans Flick lived. Although between the two sets 28 fouls (8 Barcelona and 20 Alavés) were committed, the Catalans took more amounts of reprimands with five in total. Gavi, Ronald Araujo, Raphinha, Fermin Lopez and Lamine Yamal were the punished.
The victory leaves four points from Real Madrid, who fell on Saturday with Espanyol.
