First Division - Day 19

Barcelona 4 - Granada 0

Barcelona: Claudio Bravo; Aleix Vidal (Dani Alves 65‘), Piqué, Vermaelen, Jordi Alba; Rakitic, Sergi Roberto, Arda Turan (Adriano 72‘); Messi, Luis Suárez, Neymar. 4-3-3.
Granada: Andrés; Uche, Lombán, Doria; Edgar, Krhin (Mainz 46‘), Rubén Pérez, Biraghi; Rochina (Javi Márquez 78‘); Isaac Success, Peñaranda (Robert Ibáñez 72‘). 3-4-1-2.

Goals:
1-0. 08. Messi. Got on the end of Turan centre to touch ball on past Andrés.
2-0. 14. Messi. Turned shot in on far post after Suárez played on Neymar pass.
3-0. 58. Messi. Following up after Neymar shot came back off near post.
4-0. 83. Neymar. Collected Luis Suárez pass and steered shot past keeper.

Yellow cards: Rochina 29’, Edgar 56’, Lombán 57’, Doria 60’, Aleix Vidal 63’.

Barcelona are back at the top of the table pending Atlético Madrid’s match at Celta on Sunday after a comfortable 4-0 win against Granada on Saturday afternoon. Leo Messi got the Catalans off to a good start with two goals in the first quarter of an hour, the first after connecting with a through ball from Arda Turan, and the second when Luis Suárez laid back Neymar’s cross. Only a couple of long efforts caused any problems for Bravo in the local goal, and Suárez and Neymar both missed chances before Messi completed his hat-trick after Neymar’s shot came back off the post with just under an hour gone. Bravo had to save again from Rochina after that, but with seven minutes to go Neymar got on the end of a Luis Suárez centre to round things off.