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First Division - Day 17

Getafe 2 - Barcelona 5

Getafe: Moyà; Valera, Lisandro López, Alexis, Escudero; Borja, Mosquera; Pedro León, Lafita (Gavilán 79'), Diego Castro (Sarabia 71'); Ciprian Marica (Colunga 59'). 4-2-3-1.
Barcelona: Pinto; Dani Alves, Piqué, Mascherano, Jordi Alba; Sergi Roberto, Busquets (Marc Bartra 88'), Iniesta; Alexis, Cesc Fàbregas (Alex Song 85'), Pedro (Tello 79'). 4-3-3.

Goals:
1-0. 10. Escudero. Picked up Lafita return pass and ran on to shoot across Pinto.
2-0. 15. Lisandro. Got free of marker to head Pedro León corner inside near post.
2-1. 35. Pedro. Ran on to Fàbregas pass and lifted shot over advancing keeper.
2-2. 41. Pedro. Picked up Iniesta pass on left of area and struck shot across Moyà.
2-3. 43. Pedro. Collected Jordi Alba deflected cross and turned shot in to net.
2-4. 68. Fàbregas. Volleyed shot in on far post after Pedro lifted ball across area.
2-5. 72. Fàbregas (penalty). After Pedro bundled over in penalty area by Borja.

Yellow cards: Dani Alves 30', Mosquera 44', Piqué 54', Lisandro López 70', Borja 83', Alexis 85', Busquets 87'.

Barcelona stay at the top of the table going in to the two-week lay-off after beating Getafe 2-5 on Sunday afternoon. Atlético’s victory the day before meant that they needed a good win, but things looked grim for Tata Martino’s side when they went two down with only a quarter of an hour gone, Escudero running on to Lafita’s back-heel pass to fire a shot past Pinto, and Lisandro López heading a second from a Pedro León corner. However by half time the visitors were in front, Pedro helping himself to a quick fire hat-trick in the ten minutes leading up to the break, the first with a shot which Moyà got to but couldn’t stop from running on in to the net, and the next two following assists by Iniesta and Jordi Alba. Diego Castro came close to levelling it again when he shot just wide with an hour on the clock, but soon afterwards Fàbregas connected with Pedro’s lofted pass to volley in the fourth, and the ex Arsenal midfielder completed the scoring from the penalty spot after Borja barged over Pedro inside the area. The result means that Barça have remained at the top of the table every week during 2013, the continuous run now extended to 55 weeks.