That was a very good cross from Alves and a great chest pass from Alexis. Well done from both. Just realized that was Busquets' 5th yellow and he'll miss the Zaragoza game at CN next week. Good game to miss really, better that than the Levante away game afterwards.
Nice set up from Alexis! I thought for sure he was screwing up another great goal scoring opportunity when he chested it back to Messi but it worked out. Good substitution by Tito. Villa wasn't having his best night. I agree it fits the rule but I don't think that rule makes any sense. Leave that discussion for another day though
Fontàs comes on. Credit to Barça for not putting any stupid 'scaredy cat' clause in his loan contract.
I thought Alexis might have been offside on the shot by Messi because he was screening the goalkeeper. I'm not sure that was what the Mallorca players were arguing. Definitely not offside on the first pass.
I mean offside after the chest-pass, as I thought he harmed the keeper's vision (or something). The chest-pass anyways was totally onside, obv. Think we should score once more tonight, though.
Some Karaoke bars somehow manage to stay open past 2am bar time. Don't understand it, personally. Sorry for being late, so who are we killing over the two goals?? Masch, Pique, both? Good to see Messi came to the rescue again.
#1 - Busquets with a hand ball in the box but nothing he could do about it #2 - I think Alves, maybe Pique? Unmarked Mallorca player running into the box Mascherano and Alexis escape criticism today I think
I just did a search and the Premier League requires that a player out on loan cannot play against the club that holds his registration. It's against the Premier League's regulations! I had always thought it was the decision of the loaning club to place that restriction as part of the deal. What a chicken sh!t league. But didn't LPB place that restriction on a player they had loaned out recently (a year or two ago)?
Good performance by everyone, nothing spectacular though. Could do with less conceding. Mallorca played ok as well, especially at the beginning of the second half.