First Division - Day 25

Las Palmas 1 - Barcelona 2

Las Palmas: Javi Varas; David García (Nili 87’), Aythami, Bigas, Garrido; Roque; El Zhar (Araujo 76‘), Tana, Jonathan Viera (Lemos 66‘), Momo; Willian José. 4-1-4-1.
Barcelona: Bravo; Dani Alves, Mascherano, Mathieu, Jordi Alba; Arda Turan (Rakitic 46‘), Sergi Roberto (Vermaelen 70‘), Iniesta; Messi, Luis Suárez, Neymar. 4-3-3.

Goals:
0-1. 06. Luis Suárez. Turned ball in on far post after Jordi Alba crossed from left.
1-1. 10. Willian José. Struck angled shot past Bravo after Viera played ball on.
1-2. 39. Neymar. Fired ball back into net after Javi Varas saved shot from Messi.

Yellow cards: Arda Turan 33’, Roque 84’, Dani Alves 86’.

Barcelona kicked off the Saturday games with a 1-2 victory over Las Palmas which takes them nine points clear at the top of the table pending Sunday’s matches. Luis Suárez got the opener early on after Iniesta and Jordi Alba set him up, but just four minutes later Willian José equalized after Jonathan Viera flicked a pass from Tana in to his path. The Canary Islanders held their own after that, Viera and Aythami testing Claudio Bravo and Javi Varas keeping out Messi and Iniesta. However with six minutes to go to the interval Neymar restored the lead after Varas could only block a shot from Messi, and the local keeper had to be at his best to save from Suárez after the restart. The result was in doubt though after that, Araujo in particular missing a couple of good chances later on in the second half.