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Barcelona

  • Xavi 66’

Villarreal

  • Senna 31’ (pen.)
  • Tomasson 75’
  1. Barca suffer big loss

    Barca suffer big loss

    Barcelona slipped to eight points behind Liga leaders Real Madrid after slumping to a 2-1 defeat to Villarreal at the Camp Nou. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Barcelona
    • Villarreal
    • 90+3 And there goes the final whistle! A terrible result for Barcelona, and a massive one for Real Madrid - who now lead La Liga by eight points - and Villarreal, who cement their hold on third place and close the gap on Barca to just four points. Thanks for joining us for a weekend of upsets on the football pitch, we're back with more Premier League action on Wednesday!
    • 90+1 Free-kick to Villarreal on the edge of the box... hammered in by Cazorla and Valdes can only parry AND SENNA RIFLES HOME THE REBOUND FOR 3-1 but the flag is up! Offside, they say - but he was not, at all, even close to being offside. Terrible decision.
    • 89' Ronaldinho with a free kick around 25 yards out... and he sends it onto the angle of post and bar! It just 'aint Barca's night...
    • 88' Eto'o is played clean through and puts the ball in the back of the net but the flag is up, he was half a yard offside.
    • 87' VILLARREAL: Nihat on for Mathias Fernandez.
    • 86' Zambrotta gets booked now...
    • 85' BARCELONA SUB: Yaya Toure off for Giovani dos Santos.
    • 83' Says everything about Barca's evening when Eto'o is put through and slips before he can pull the trigger.
    • 82' Ronaldinho goes down on the left, looked like a foul but the ref thinks he overplayed it and Villarreal clear.
    • 81' Poor defensive header from Milito and there's a one-two between Eguren and Cazorla and and he's past the last defender and cuts it back to Tomasson WHO TAKES A TOUCH AND TAPS IT PAST VALDES FOR 2-1! Villarreal hit Barca on the break! Massive goal in the title race!
    • 79' Bojan wins a corner on the right as Senna has treatment for his bloody nose... Milito flicks it on but Gonzalo clears it from under Eto'o's nose and Tomasson counters... Abidal gets back to tackle though, throw to Villarreal on the left.
    • 77' Ronaldinho is to take a free kick on the right of the box, Senna has blood on his face but the ref hasn't noticed it... poor delivery from Ronaldinho, hits Tomasson in the wall and out for a throw.
    • 76' VILLARREAL SUB: The ineffectual Pires is off for Bruno.
    • 75' Pires - who has been very, very quiet, gets on the ball and goes wide but Villarreal lose it, Zambrotta goes down the right and is taken down by Godin, yellow card.
    • 74' Almost a brilliant sweeping move started by Senna and involving Fernandez but his through ball is weighted too heavily.
    • 73' A yellow is shown to Capdevilla for dissent after a corner is given to Barca when the ref overrules the linesman's correct decision to award a goal kick - last touch was off Bojan.
    • 71' Diego Lopez is ok, and Eto'o is apologetic for what was an inadvertent collision, and it's all smiles and kisses. The ref still books Eto'o though, yawn.
    • 70' Abidal with a good cross but headed clear, Bojan almost gets onto it but Capdevilla intervenes, well won back by Zambrotta though... cross comes and Villarreal clear... now Eto'o is played through and the keeper comes out and they collide as the keeper claims it and the Villarreal players are crowding round Eto'o...
    • 69' Bojan gives away a free kick on the Villarreal left wing... swung in by Fernandez but Abidal rises to head clear.
    • 67' Great one-two between Iniesta and Ronaldinho, Iniesta on the left and plays it across for Eto'o who lets the ball go AND XAVI FINISHES LOW INTO THE LEFT CORNER FOR 1-1! Great pass and move play from Barca, Xavi gets his sixth goal in nine!
    • 64' VILLARREAL SUB: Jon-Dahl Tomasson on for Guille Franco.
    • 63' Godin blocks of Henry's path and brings the ball away, drawing the foul from the Frenchman.
    • 61' Villarreal bossing play now, good pass and move as Franco is played in but a superb tackle by Milito and Barca break, Henry spots a run from Eto'o who is clean through but the pass is too heavy!
    • 60' Corner to Villarreal which Fernandez sends in and put behind for another corner by Toure. Secomd pme os a good delivery but headed over.
    • 58' Ronaldinho bursts through the middle but his final ball is just shy of Eto'o and Villarreal clear.
    • 56' Villarreal attacking now, Cazorla on the right, they knock it inside but Barca win the ball back and launch an attack.
    • 55' Eto'o slides it through to Henry but Godin manages to get a leg back to hook the ball away!
    • 54' Brilliant chasing from Ronaldinho to slide in and win the ball back after Henry was dispossessed, wins a corner too but it's sent straight into the keeper's hands. Now Senna sends Franco through and Thuram seems to bring him down on the edge of the box but the ref waves play-on.
    • 52' Great run from Iniesta to win a corner on the right... Barca can't make it count thought and Villarreal bring it away. This is looking like taking on a pattern of Barca dominating until they get a goal...
    • 51' Iniesta is booked...
    • 49' Gonzalo does well to shepherd the ball out for a goal kick, looking more confident after a dodgy first half.
    • 48' Milito and Capdevilla are in a heap on the floor after an accidental collision, as is Iniesta who appears to be feigning injury after not being touched.
    • 46' Ball over the top seeks and finds Eto'o but his first touch lets him down and Gonzalo gets it away.
    • 46' Second half underway at the Camp Nou!
    • 45+1 The ref brings the half to a close, Villarreal lead a frankly poor Barcelona 1-0.
    • 45' Milito goes down in a heap, something off the ball, there's a yellow card shown... it looked like a slap from Franco but Milito went down a long time after he raised his hands in retaliation for a foul... actually he didn't touch him, just feinted too. He should have booked Milito for diving, the big jessie.
    • 44' Free kick to Senna around 35 yards out and he's going to shoot again and yet again sends it well over. Someone have a word...
    • 42' Really dangerous cross from Xavi on the right which floats across Henry, Ronaldinho and Eto'o - who were all played onside but couldn't connect!
    • 41' A late tackle from Zambrotta on Mathias Fernandez. No card though, now Thuram and Franco and having a row.
    • 40' Ronaldinho to take... but he sends it off the wall, the head of a defender, and out for a corner.
    • 39' Free-kick to Barca after Iniesta is felled outside the box, Ronaldinho to take...
    • 37' Henry takes a tumble in the box and asks for a penalty but play on says the ref, and Thuram gets booked for kicking Franco in the head.
    • 34' Iniesta spreads it wide to Abidal who hares down the left and puts a superb cross in for Eto'o but the glancing header goes over!
    • 31' Senna steps up to take the penalty... and he sends Valdes the wrong way, into the back of the net. 1-0 to Villarreal.
    • 30' Franco on the ball, skips in and outside the Barcelona defence, he is clean through and can beat Valdes but decides to round him and Valdes takes him down and it's a penalty! Poor chap's done the same wrist again, the ref only books Valdes when that was as much of a goalscoring opportunity than for Pompey v Man United yesterday.
    • 29' Franco walks off for treatment having fallen on his already strapped wrist in the previous passage of play...
    • 28' Senna with a one-two with Eguren and Franco goes down in the box but play-on as Senna gets it back, Villarreal still have it, passing around some more as gets the ball on the left, Capdevilla flicks it over the defender and unleashes a shot but straight at Valdes.
    • 26' Eto'o on the left, touches it short inside to Henry who takes a touch and curls one in on goal but well over! Almost an Henry special there.
    • 25' Godin with some great defending as Henry and Ronaldinho combined.
    • 25' Thuram under pressure puts the ball out of play but the ref says he was fouled and Barca get a free kick.
    • 23' Xavi plays it over to Ronaldinho who takes it down past the defender and wins the corner after a clumsy challenge.
    • 20' Another free kick to Barca on the right by the goal-line just outside the area... Ronaldinho to take but it's headed clear.
    • 19' Free-kick to Barcelona around 25 yards out after a foul by Capdevila, on the right hand corner of the box, Ronaldinho to take... and he sees the keeper centrally positioned so quickly curls it round the outside of the wall but Lopez gets back across to claim.
    • 18' Santi Cazorla is shown a yellow for a poor tackle.
    • 16' Thuram gives away a free kick by fouling Fernandez on the left... but the Chile man cannot send the cross anywhere but into the hands of Valdes.
    • 12' Henry on the run, beats one man, then the next, before he's held up but Gonzalo, still managing to win a corner.
    • 10' Matias Fernandez on the ball, cuts inside from the left and beats two men before drilling a low shot for the bottom right, but Valdes is wise to it and gets down to claim.
    • 8' Senna steps up, everyone forward... and he does indeed shoot and sends it wildly over the bar. An ill-advised attempt at glory.
    • 7' Free-kick to Villarreal some 35 yards out, Senna over it, surely he won't shoot from here...
    • 6' Diagonal ball to Henry who can burst into the box but the flag is up! Barca protest but he seemed to be beyond the last defender...
    • 4' Eto'o again in space on the left but Gonzalo gets back this time and Villarreal bring it away.
    • 2' Eto'o is played through on the left and Gonzalo lets him through and he can finish here but the angle is too tight and he fires at Lopez who saves in style!
    • 1' Match underway at the Camp Nou!
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  • Team Stats

    Barcelona Stats Villarreal
    53% Possession 46%
    9 Shots 8
    4 Shots on target 4
    0 Saves 1
    10 Corners 2
    17 Fouls 22
    7 Offsides 1
    5 Yellow cards 4
    0 Red cards 0
    29 Tackles 36
    349 Accurate passes 266
    71 Bad passes 61

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Barcelona
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Víctor Valdés 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 1 0
      21 Lilian Thuram 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 46 0 3
      22 Eric Abidal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 22 3
      11 Gianluca Zambrotta 0 1 0 2 5 1 0 24 1 5
      3 Gabriel Milito 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 50 9 6
      8 Andres Iniesta 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 36 9 3
      24 Gnegneri Yaya Toure 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 28 1 3
      6 Xavi Hernández 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 53 14 3
      14 Thierry Henry 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 14 4 0
      9 Samuel Eto'o 0 2 1 1 3 3 0 15 2 2
      10 Gaucho Ronaldinho 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 24 7 1
      27 Bojan Krkic 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0
      13 Jose Manuel Pinto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Giovanni dos Santos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
      7 Eidur Gudjohnsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Anderson Deco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Sylvinho Mendes Campos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 José Edmílson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Villarreal
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Diego Lopez 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 0
      2 Javier Gonzalo Rodriguez 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 1 4
      5 Joan Capdevila 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 31 14 5
      17 Javi Rodriguez Venta 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 0 5
      4 Diego Godin 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 6 1 3
      7 Robert Pires 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 36 10 2
      23 Sebastian Eguren 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 23 9 5
      19 Marcos Senna 1 3 1 1 3 1 0 33 3 5
      8 Santi Cazorla 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 39 2 2
      14 Matías Fernández 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 28 7 2
      9 Guillermo Franco 0 0 0 4 6 0 0 23 5 0
      15 Kahveci Nihat 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
      3 José Miguel González Rey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Bruno Llido 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 1
      22 Giuseppe Rossi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Sebastian Viera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Pascal Cygan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Jon Dahl Tomasson 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 2

  • Summary

    • 90+1 Free-kick to Villarreal on the edge of the box... hammered in by Cazorla and Valdes can only parry AND SENNA RIFLES HOME THE REBOUND FOR 3-1 but the flag is up! Offside, they say - but he was not, at all, even close to being offside. Terrible decision.
    • 89' Ronaldinho with a free kick around 25 yards out... and he sends it onto the angle of post and bar! It just 'aint Barca's night...
    • 81' Poor defensive header from Milito and there's a one-two between Eguren and Cazorla and and he's past the last defender and cuts it back to Tomasson WHO TAKES A TOUCH AND TAPS IT PAST VALDES FOR 2-1! Villarreal hit Barca on the break! Massive goal in the title race!
    • 70' Abidal with a good cross but headed clear, Bojan almost gets onto it but Capdevilla intervenes, well won back by Zambrotta though... cross comes and Villarreal clear... now Eto'o is played through and the keeper comes out and they collide as the keeper claims it and the Villarreal players are crowding round Eto'o...
    • 67' Great one-two between Iniesta and Ronaldinho, Iniesta on the left and plays it across for Eto'o who lets the ball go AND XAVI FINISHES LOW INTO THE LEFT CORNER FOR 1-1! Great pass and move play from Barca, Xavi gets his sixth goal in nine!
    • 61' Villarreal bossing play now, good pass and move as Franco is played in but a superb tackle by Milito and Barca break, Henry spots a run from Eto'o who is clean through but the pass is too heavy!
    • 34' Iniesta spreads it wide to Abidal who hares down the left and puts a superb cross in for Eto'o but the glancing header goes over!
    • 31' Senna steps up to take the penalty... and he sends Valdes the wrong way, into the back of the net. 1-0 to Villarreal.
    • 28' Senna with a one-two with Eguren and Franco goes down in the box but play-on as Senna gets it back, Villarreal still have it, passing around some more as gets the ball on the left, Capdevilla flicks it over the defender and unleashes a shot but straight at Valdes.
    • 2' Eto'o is played through on the left and Gonzalo lets him through and he can finish here but the angle is too tight and he fires at Lopez who saves in style!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Alfonso Perez Burrull

  • Barcelona

    Manager: Frank Rijkaard

    On the Field

    • Valdés
    • Zambrotta Yellow Card
    • Milito
    • Thuram Yellow Card
    • Abidal
    • Touré Substitution Out (79′)
    • Iniesta Yellow Card
    • Xavi Goal
    • Henry Substitution Out (64′)
    • Ronaldinho
    • Eto'o

    Subs

    • 7. Gudjohnsen
    • 16. Sylvinho
    • Pinto
    • 15. Edmilson
    • 20. De Souza "Deco"
    • 17. Dos Santos Substitution In (79′)
    • 27. Bojan Krkic Substitution In (64′)

    Injured

    • 4. Márquez
    • 23. Oleguer
    • 25. Jorquera
    • 19. Messi

    Suspended

    • 5. Puyol

  • Villarreal

    Manager: Manuel Pellegrini

    On the Field

    • López
    • Venta
    • Rodríguez
    • Godín Yellow Card
    • Capdevila Yellow Card
    • Cazorla Yellow Card
    • Senna
    • Eguren
    • Fernández Substitution Out (81′)
    • Pires
    • Franco Yellow Card Substitution Out (62′)

    Subs

    • 11. Tomasson Substitution In (62′) Goal
    • 12. Cygan
    • 15. Kahveci Substitution In (81′)
    • 1. Viera
    • 21. Bruno

    Injured

    • 6. Moreno "Josico"
    • 10. Gracia "Cani"
    • 22. Rossi

    Suspended

    • 18. López Ruano