Not that they needed it, but the big two were given a bit of a helping hand by referees this weekend. Mateu Lahoz allowed Barcelona’s second goal at Espanyol to stand, even though Luis Suárez seemed to be offside when he set up Messi (although to be “fair” to the ref, he did also send off Jordi Alba rather harshly early on in the second half). And Pérez Montero waved away a couple of penalty appeals by Celta early on in the second half of the game against Real Madrid, in particular for a foul by by Kroos on Orellana when the score was 2-3 to Ancelotti’s side. They went on to win 2-4 though, so maybe it wouldn’t have affected the result? (28.04.15)

Name Games played Yellow cards Red cards Total
Velasco Carballo 20 154 10 164
Jaime Latre 21 155 7 162
Alvarez Izquierdo 20 144 11 155
Gil Manzano 21 140 10 150
Mateu Lahoz 21 137 12 149
Teixeira Vitienes, F. 18 121 13 134
González González 21 128 5 133
Estrada Fernández 20 121 6 127
Iglesias Villanueva 18 118 7 125
Fernández Borbolán 20 112 7 119