BARCELONA MAINTAINED THEIR narrow two-point lead at the top of La Liga after a rampant 8-0 win away to Cordoba. Once again, their three-headed attacking monster was lethal, with Luis Suarez getting a hat-trick, Leo Messi bagging a brace and Neymar converting a penalty.
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Pedro, Gerard Pique and Ivan Rakitic also found the net to give Luis Enrique’s men a resounding win before his side host Bayern Munich in the Champions League semi-final first leg next week.
Their rivals Real Madrid will also be in Champions League action next week and they kept the pressure on the Catalans at the top of the table by edging Sevilla 3-2 on the road.
After Barcelona’s match, a lot was made on social media about Messi overtaking Cristiano Ronaldo in terms of La Liga goals scored this season but the Portuguese star responded emphatically by slamming home a hat-trick of his own.
Carlo Ancelotti’s men face Juventus in their semi-final first leg next week.
This is the La Liga table at the moment.
It would be great to get Finlay back, and great that it isn’t gonna keep him out for too long, however, Carty and Buckley being injured for the weekend is a huge loss for us.
Missing a lot a big names this week but the rest of the panel are going to have to step up, we should be beating Edinburgh at home but there was a similar hope for points in the reverse fixture last year, also with the internationals missing, and we ended shipping 50 something points